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disposition > cognition > mentalizing

Preferred term

mentalizing  

Definition

  • "the ability to attribute mental states (e.g., knowledge, intentions, emotions, perception) to self and others”." (Quesque et al., 2024, p. 2).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Quesque, F., Apperly, I., Baillargeon, R., Baron-Cohen, S., Becchio, C., Bekkering, H., Bernstein, D., Bertoux, M., Bird, G., Bukowski, H., Burgmer, P., Carruthers, P., Catmur, C., Dziobek, I., Epley, N., Erle, T. M., Frith, C., Frith, U., Galang, C. M., … Brass, M. (2024). Defining key concepts for mental state attribution. Communications Psychology, 2(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00077-6

    [Study type: conceptual analysis / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Editorial note

  • Quesque et al. (2024) report that the term "mentalization" was selected by a group of experts as the most generic term for the ability to attribute mental states.

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