So Good It Has to Be True: Wishful Thinking in Theory of Mind
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So good it has to be true: Wishful thinking in theory of mind
5 In standard decision theory, rational agents are objective, keeping their beliefs independent from their 6 desires. Such agents are the basis for current computational models of Theory of Mind (ToM), but the 7 accuracy of these models are unknown. Do people really think that others do not let their desires color 8 their beliefs? In two experiments we test whether people think that others enga...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Mind
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2470-2986
DOI: 10.1162/opmi_a_00011