Belief Representation in Great Apes

Publication date: Available online 5 November 2019Source: Trends in Cognitive SciencesAuthor(s): Alia MartinA new study by Kano and colleagues shows that great apes use their own visual experience to attribute perceptions and beliefs to another agent. Their results suggest that the way apes understand behavior is more similar to human understanding than was previously thought, and may be driven by representations of mental states.

Source: Trends in Cognitive Sciences - November 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research