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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The Non-Problem of the Other Minds: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective on Shared Intentionality
Contributor:
Colle, Livia;
Becchio, Cristina;
Bara, Bruno G.
Published:
S. Karger AG, 2008
Published in:
Human Development, 51 (2008) 5-6, Seite 336-348
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1159/000170896
ISSN:
1423-0054;
0018-716X
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
In this paper, we combine neurological and developmental evidences in order to differentiate between two levels of sharing: dyadic sharing, virtually present from birth and depending on the activation of shared representation, and triadic sharing, requiring that agents not only share a common representation, but also represent complementary perspectives. Mirror neurons are proposed as a fundamental mechanism to account for <i>dyadic sharing, </i>explaining why infants are able to interact symmetrically and contingently with others from very early on in infancy. In the second part of this paper, we reinterpret the 9-month revolution as a revolution in sharedness: the transition from dyadic sharing to <i>triadic sharing</i>. The neural event which renders this transition possible might be the emergence of a basic mechanism that allows the attribution of actions and intentions to their owner. We suggest two neuronal networks possibly responsible for the shift to triadic sharing.