#theoryofmind — Public Fediverse posts
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There is a fundamental flaw in the idea that consciousness can be defined "functionally" (i.e. "it is what it does").
Consciousness is a purely internal state - we infer it in others through communication, but it is fundamentally something someone experiences about themself, not something defined by how other people perceive them.
Because it is an internally defined property, it *cannot* be defined on the basis of "what it does". It must be defined, at least in part, on the basis of "what it knows".
To take a simple example from robotics:
I have a robot with one gripper and two sensors that moves through its environment. One sensor (A) tells the robot whether its gripper is full or empty. The other sensor (B) tells the robot whether or not it is in the presence of something its gripper can pick up (an object, P).The robot has three rules.
1. If no P, move in a random direction.
2. If gripper is empty and P sensed, pick up object and then move in a random direction.
3. If gripper is full and P sensed, drop object and then move in a random direction.This robot has no concept of anything in its world except P/not P, gripper full/empty, and "move in a random direction".
Yet, externally, the effect of these rules is that the robot builds piles of objects [1].
Attributing consciousness to an LLM is the equivalent of saying our robot *intends* to build piles of objects.
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Triggering article: https://www.slowboring.com/p/nobody-knows-what-theyre-talking
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There is a fundamental flaw in the idea that consciousness can be defined "functionally" (i.e. "it is what it does").
Consciousness is a purely internal state - we infer it in others through communication, but it is fundamentally something someone experiences about themself, not something defined by how other people perceive them.
Because it is an internally defined property, it *cannot* be defined on the basis of "what it does". It must be defined, at least in part, on the basis of "what it knows".
To take a simple example from robotics:
I have a robot with one gripper and two sensors that moves through its environment. One sensor (A) tells the robot whether its gripper is full or empty. The other sensor (B) tells the robot whether or not it is in the presence of something its gripper can pick up (an object, P).The robot has three rules.
1. If no P, move in a random direction.
2. If gripper is empty and P sensed, pick up object and then move in a random direction.
3. If gripper is full and P sensed, drop object and then move in a random direction.This robot has no concept of anything in its world except P/not P, gripper full/empty, and "move in a random direction".
Yet, externally, the effect of these rules is that the robot builds piles of objects [1].
Attributing consciousness to an LLM is the equivalent of saying our robot *intends* to build piles of objects.
1/3
Triggering article: https://www.slowboring.com/p/nobody-knows-what-theyre-talking
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There is a fundamental flaw in the idea that consciousness can be defined "functionally" (i.e. "it is what it does").
Consciousness is a purely internal state - we infer it in others through communication, but it is fundamentally something someone experiences about themself, not something defined by how other people perceive them.
Because it is an internally defined property, it *cannot* be defined on the basis of "what it does". It must be defined, at least in part, on the basis of "what it knows".
To take a simple example from robotics:
I have a robot with one gripper and two sensors that moves through its environment. One sensor (A) tells the robot whether its gripper is full or empty. The other sensor (B) tells the robot whether or not it is in the presence of something its gripper can pick up (an object, P).The robot has three rules.
1. If no P, move in a random direction.
2. If gripper is empty and P sensed, pick up object and then move in a random direction.
3. If gripper is full and P sensed, drop object and then move in a random direction.This robot has no concept of anything in its world except P/not P, gripper full/empty, and "move in a random direction".
Yet, externally, the effect of these rules is that the robot builds piles of objects [1].
Attributing consciousness to an LLM is the equivalent of saying our robot *intends* to build piles of objects.
1/3
Triggering article: https://www.slowboring.com/p/nobody-knows-what-theyre-talking
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There is a fundamental flaw in the idea that consciousness can be defined "functionally" (i.e. "it is what it does").
Consciousness is a purely internal state - we infer it in others through communication, but it is fundamentally something someone experiences about themself, not something defined by how other people perceive them.
Because it is an internally defined property, it *cannot* be defined on the basis of "what it does". It must be defined, at least in part, on the basis of "what it knows".
To take a simple example from robotics:
I have a robot with one gripper and two sensors that moves through its environment. One sensor (A) tells the robot whether its gripper is full or empty. The other sensor (B) tells the robot whether or not it is in the presence of something its gripper can pick up (an object, P).The robot has three rules.
1. If no P, move in a random direction.
2. If gripper is empty and P sensed, pick up object and then move in a random direction.
3. If gripper is full and P sensed, drop object and then move in a random direction.This robot has no concept of anything in its world except P/not P, gripper full/empty, and "move in a random direction".
Yet, externally, the effect of these rules is that the robot builds piles of objects [1].
Attributing consciousness to an LLM is the equivalent of saying our robot *intends* to build piles of objects.
1/3
Triggering article: https://www.slowboring.com/p/nobody-knows-what-theyre-talking
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There is a fundamental flaw in the idea that consciousness can be defined "functionally" (i.e. "it is what it does").
Consciousness is a purely internal state - we infer it in others through communication, but it is fundamentally something someone experiences about themself, not something defined by how other people perceive them.
Because it is an internally defined property, it *cannot* be defined on the basis of "what it does". It must be defined, at least in part, on the basis of "what it knows".
To take a simple example from robotics:
I have a robot with one gripper and two sensors that moves through its environment. One sensor (A) tells the robot whether its gripper is full or empty. The other sensor (B) tells the robot whether or not it is in the presence of something its gripper can pick up (an object, P).The robot has three rules.
1. If no P, move in a random direction.
2. If gripper is empty and P sensed, pick up object and then move in a random direction.
3. If gripper is full and P sensed, drop object and then move in a random direction.This robot has no concept of anything in its world except P/not P, gripper full/empty, and "move in a random direction".
Yet, externally, the effect of these rules is that the robot builds piles of objects [1].
Attributing consciousness to an LLM is the equivalent of saying our robot *intends* to build piles of objects.
1/3
Triggering article: https://www.slowboring.com/p/nobody-knows-what-theyre-talking
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Joan den ostiralean, Raymundo Báez Mendoza (Georg August Universität Göttingen, Alemania) izan genuen Achucarron, portaera sozialaren eta Theory of Mind delakoaren oinarri neuronalak aztertzen dituen mintegi batean. Eskerrik asko zure ikerketa gurekin partekatzeagatik! 👏
#AchucarroSeminars #Neuroscience #SocialCognition #TheoryOfMind
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Joan den ostiralean, Raymundo Báez Mendoza (Georg August Universität Göttingen, Alemania) izan genuen Achucarron, portaera sozialaren eta Theory of Mind delakoaren oinarri neuronalak aztertzen dituen mintegi batean. Eskerrik asko zure ikerketa gurekin partekatzeagatik! 👏
#AchucarroSeminars #Neuroscience #SocialCognition #TheoryOfMind
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Joan den ostiralean, Raymundo Báez Mendoza (Georg August Universität Göttingen, Alemania) izan genuen Achucarron, portaera sozialaren eta Theory of Mind delakoaren oinarri neuronalak aztertzen dituen mintegi batean. Eskerrik asko zure ikerketa gurekin partekatzeagatik! 👏
#AchucarroSeminars #Neuroscience #SocialCognition #TheoryOfMind
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Joan den ostiralean, Raymundo Báez Mendoza (Georg August Universität Göttingen, Alemania) izan genuen Achucarron, portaera sozialaren eta Theory of Mind delakoaren oinarri neuronalak aztertzen dituen mintegi batean. Eskerrik asko zure ikerketa gurekin partekatzeagatik! 👏
#AchucarroSeminars #Neuroscience #SocialCognition #TheoryOfMind
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/924936/ Language and Empathy Have Distinct Origins in the Developing Brain #BrainConnectivity #BrainDevelopment #cognition #CognitiveEvolution #DevelopmentalNeuroscience #fMRI #Health #LanguageDevelopment #neurodevelopment #Neuroscience #OhioStateUniversity #SuperiorTemporalLobe #TheoryOfMind #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Is empathy political?
A thread on autistic empathy.A still-quite-popular belief about autistic people is that we lack empathy.
I think this is faulty logic.
Here's why:A thread 🧵
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
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Is empathy political?
A thread on autistic empathy.A still-quite-popular belief about autistic people is that we lack empathy.
I think this is faulty logic.
Here's why:A thread 🧵
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
#DoubleEmpathy #TheoryOfMind -
Is empathy political?
A thread on autistic empathy.A still-quite-popular belief about autistic people is that we lack empathy.
I think this is faulty logic.
Here's why:A thread 🧵
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
#DoubleEmpathy #TheoryOfMind -
Is empathy political?
A thread on autistic empathy.A still-quite-popular belief about autistic people is that we lack empathy.
I think this is faulty logic.
Here's why:A thread 🧵
1/10
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
#DoubleEmpathy #TheoryOfMind -
Is empathy political?
A thread on autistic empathy.A still-quite-popular belief about autistic people is that we lack empathy.
I think this is faulty logic.
Here's why:A thread 🧵
1/10
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
#DoubleEmpathy #TheoryOfMind -
Most people assume everyone else thinks like them. They don’t. And your brain knows this - but only from around age 4. #Psychology #CognitiveScience #TheoryOfMind #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
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Most people assume everyone else thinks like them. They don’t. And your brain knows this - but only from around age 4. #Psychology #CognitiveScience #TheoryOfMind #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
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Most people assume everyone else thinks like them. They don’t. And your brain knows this - but only from around age 4. #Psychology #CognitiveScience #TheoryOfMind #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
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Most people assume everyone else thinks like them. They don’t. And your brain knows this - but only from around age 4. #Psychology #CognitiveScience #TheoryOfMind #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
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Most people assume everyone else thinks like them. They don’t. And your brain knows this - but only from around age 4. #Psychology #CognitiveScience #TheoryOfMind #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
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@ngate It's like the AI, not being alive and having no Free Will, won't behave like a human being should.....
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@ngate It's like the AI, not being alive and having no Free Will, won't behave like a human being should.....
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@ngate It's like the AI, not being alive and having no Free Will, won't behave like a human being should.....
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@ngate It's like the AI, not being alive and having no Free Will, won't behave like a human being should.....
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@ngate It's like the AI, not being alive and having no Free Will, won't behave like a human being should.....
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Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?
The “jellyfish” study (2011) was influential in this, as it concluded that autistic people lacked Theory of Mind & capacity for moral reasoning.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-01-autistic-mind.html
In one of the fictional scenarios given to participants, Janet tells a friend it’s safe to swim with jellyfish. She believes they’re harmless. The friend is stung and dies.
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#Autism #Empathy #Neurodiversity #TheoryofMind #ActuallyAutistic
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?
The “jellyfish” study (2011) was influential in this, as it concluded that autistic people lacked Theory of Mind & capacity for moral reasoning.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-01-autistic-mind.html
In one of the fictional scenarios given to participants, Janet tells a friend it’s safe to swim with jellyfish. She believes they’re harmless. The friend is stung and dies.
⬇️
#Autism #Empathy #Neurodiversity #TheoryofMind #ActuallyAutistic
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?
The “jellyfish” study (2011) was influential in this, as it concluded that autistic people lacked Theory of Mind & capacity for moral reasoning.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-01-autistic-mind.html
In one of the fictional scenarios given to participants, Janet tells a friend it’s safe to swim with jellyfish. She believes they’re harmless. The friend is stung and dies.
⬇️
#Autism #Empathy #Neurodiversity #TheoryofMind #ActuallyAutistic
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?
The “jellyfish” study (2011) was influential in this, as it concluded that autistic people lacked Theory of Mind & capacity for moral reasoning.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-01-autistic-mind.html
In one of the fictional scenarios given to participants, Janet tells a friend it’s safe to swim with jellyfish. She believes they’re harmless. The friend is stung and dies.
⬇️
#Autism #Empathy #Neurodiversity #TheoryofMind #ActuallyAutistic
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Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?
The “jellyfish” study (2011) was influential in this, as it concluded that autistic people lacked Theory of Mind & capacity for moral reasoning.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-01-autistic-mind.html
In one of the fictional scenarios given to participants, Janet tells a friend it’s safe to swim with jellyfish. She believes they’re harmless. The friend is stung and dies.
⬇️
#Autism #Empathy #Neurodiversity #TheoryofMind #ActuallyAutistic
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Child neurologist explains the reason children lie, and it's surprisingly wholesome
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/child-lying-is-developmental-milestone
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The phrase I see you is the canonical ritual of a perceptual collapse. Theory of Mind (ToM), the dominant human interface for social understanding, functions not as a window into others but as an Epistemic Mirror that projects the observer's own operational logic.
#TheoryOfMind #Catch22 #DoubleBind #Aphantasia #AIBias https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/the-aphantasia-catch-22-in-theory -
Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
#online #meetings #CollectiveIntelligence #TeamWork #TheoryOfMind #eventprofs
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Scientists Might Be Looking for Consciousness in the Wrong Part of the Brain
What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #consciousness #Neuroscience #theoryofmind
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Scientists Might Be Looking for Consciousness in the Wrong Part of the Brain
What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #consciousness #Neuroscience #theoryofmind
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Freue mich, dass auf dem #Blogpost der m.E. wichtige Dialog über die menschliche #Religionspsychologie und #KI begonnen hat.
Denn seit Jahrzehntausenden (mindestens) gehen Menschen parasoziale Beziehungen mit Entitäten wie Gestirnen, Bäumen, Bergen, später Skulpturen ein, in die sie #Geist hineinlesen. Die #Psychologie nennt diese starke Tendenz #TheoryofMind (TOM) , deutsch #Mentalisierung. Mensch-KI-Beziehungen werden keine Ausnahmen bleiben, sondern zur Regel werden. https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-42-antisemitismus-gegen-george-soros-die-ambivalenz-von-ki-kokons/#comment-182670
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Freue mich, dass auf dem #Blogpost der m.E. wichtige Dialog über die menschliche #Religionspsychologie und #KI begonnen hat.
Denn seit Jahrzehntausenden (mindestens) gehen Menschen parasoziale Beziehungen mit Entitäten wie Gestirnen, Bäumen, Bergen, später Skulpturen ein, in die sie #Geist hineinlesen. Die #Psychologie nennt diese starke Tendenz #TheoryofMind (TOM) , deutsch #Mentalisierung. Mensch-KI-Beziehungen werden keine Ausnahmen bleiben, sondern zur Regel werden. https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-42-antisemitismus-gegen-george-soros-die-ambivalenz-von-ki-kokons/#comment-182670
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Freue mich, dass auf dem #Blogpost der m.E. wichtige Dialog über die menschliche #Religionspsychologie und #KI begonnen hat.
Denn seit Jahrzehntausenden (mindestens) gehen Menschen parasoziale Beziehungen mit Entitäten wie Gestirnen, Bäumen, Bergen, später Skulpturen ein, in die sie #Geist hineinlesen. Die #Psychologie nennt diese starke Tendenz #TheoryofMind (TOM) , deutsch #Mentalisierung. Mensch-KI-Beziehungen werden keine Ausnahmen bleiben, sondern zur Regel werden. https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-42-antisemitismus-gegen-george-soros-die-ambivalenz-von-ki-kokons/#comment-182670
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Freue mich, dass auf dem #Blogpost der m.E. wichtige Dialog über die menschliche #Religionspsychologie und #KI begonnen hat.
Denn seit Jahrzehntausenden (mindestens) gehen Menschen parasoziale Beziehungen mit Entitäten wie Gestirnen, Bäumen, Bergen, später Skulpturen ein, in die sie #Geist hineinlesen. Die #Psychologie nennt diese starke Tendenz #TheoryofMind (TOM) , deutsch #Mentalisierung. Mensch-KI-Beziehungen werden keine Ausnahmen bleiben, sondern zur Regel werden. https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-42-antisemitismus-gegen-george-soros-die-ambivalenz-von-ki-kokons/#comment-182670
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Freue mich, dass auf dem #Blogpost der m.E. wichtige Dialog über die menschliche #Religionspsychologie und #KI begonnen hat.
Denn seit Jahrzehntausenden (mindestens) gehen Menschen parasoziale Beziehungen mit Entitäten wie Gestirnen, Bäumen, Bergen, später Skulpturen ein, in die sie #Geist hineinlesen. Die #Psychologie nennt diese starke Tendenz #TheoryofMind (TOM) , deutsch #Mentalisierung. Mensch-KI-Beziehungen werden keine Ausnahmen bleiben, sondern zur Regel werden. https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-42-antisemitismus-gegen-george-soros-die-ambivalenz-von-ki-kokons/#comment-182670
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Emotional Intelligence and the Brain: Navigating Social Cues
#TheoryOfMind #SocialCognition #Neuroscience #EmotionalIntelligence #Mentalization #BrainScience #EmotionalRegulation #FalseBeliefs #SocialSkills #UnderstandingOthers
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Emotional Intelligence and the Brain: Navigating Social Cues
#TheoryOfMind #SocialCognition #Neuroscience #EmotionalIntelligence #Mentalization #BrainScience #EmotionalRegulation #FalseBeliefs #SocialSkills #UnderstandingOthers
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Emotional Intelligence and the Brain: Navigating Social Cues
#TheoryOfMind #SocialCognition #Neuroscience #EmotionalIntelligence #Mentalization #BrainScience #EmotionalRegulation #FalseBeliefs #SocialSkills #UnderstandingOthers
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Emotional Intelligence and the Brain: Navigating Social Cues
#TheoryOfMind #SocialCognition #Neuroscience #EmotionalIntelligence #Mentalization #BrainScience #EmotionalRegulation #FalseBeliefs #SocialSkills #UnderstandingOthers
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Inside the Brain: The Neural Dance of Thinking, Feeling, and Connecting
#Neuroscience #SocialBrain #TheoryOfMind #Empathy #BrainScience #MindAndEmotion #NeuralNetworks #SelfAwareness #SocialCognition #BrainTips
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Inside the Brain: The Neural Dance of Thinking, Feeling, and Connecting
#Neuroscience #SocialBrain #TheoryOfMind #Empathy #BrainScience #MindAndEmotion #NeuralNetworks #SelfAwareness #SocialCognition #BrainTips
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Inside the Brain: The Neural Dance of Thinking, Feeling, and Connecting
#Neuroscience #SocialBrain #TheoryOfMind #Empathy #BrainScience #MindAndEmotion #NeuralNetworks #SelfAwareness #SocialCognition #BrainTips
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Inside the Brain: The Neural Dance of Thinking, Feeling, and Connecting
#Neuroscience #SocialBrain #TheoryOfMind #Empathy #BrainScience #MindAndEmotion #NeuralNetworks #SelfAwareness #SocialCognition #BrainTips
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19. Eighteenth and last presentation is by Ananya Gandhi on #TheoryOfMind in #buyer #seller #interactions
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19. Eighteenth and last presentation is by Ananya Gandhi on #TheoryOfMind in #buyer #seller #interactions
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Was braucht ein guter Game-Pitch? – Podcast E115
Wer ein Spiel entwickeln möchte, muss anderen erklären, worum es geht. Spätestens, wenn man Geld braucht. Aber worauf achtet ein Publisher und worauf kommt es bei einem guten Game-Pitch an? Darüber haben wir mit Stefan Marcinek, CEO bei Assemble Entertainment, live auf den German Dev Days 2025 gesprochen.
Bild: German Dev Days 2025
Zu Gast
- Stefan Marcinek | CEO Assemble Entertainment
Hosts
- Benjamin Strobel, Nicolas Hoberg, Jessica Kathmann | Behind the Screens
Unter Mitarbeit von
- Alexander Franz (Website)
Transkript
Transkript für Folge 115 herunterladen
Psychologie und Konzepte
- Isoluminanz
- Mentales Modell
- Cognitive Load
- Theory of Mind
- Halo-Effekt
- Probatorische Sitzungen (Psychotherapie)
Weitere Links
- The real relationship and its role in psychotherapy outcome: A meta-analysis. (Gelso et al., 2018)
- Therapeutic alliance as a mediator of change: A systematic review and evaluation of research (Baier, A. L., Kline, A. C., & Feeny, N. C., 2020)
- Die Psychologie des Tutorials – Podcast E067 – Behind the Screens
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#CognitiveLoad #GamePitch #HaloEffekt #Isoluminanz #MentalesModell #Pitch #Pitchen #Pitching #ProbatorischeSitzungen #Psychotherapie #Publisher #TheoryOfMind