Primate theory of mind
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Primates, human and non-human alike, have large brains with large neocortices. It has been suggested that primates owe their large brains to the increased social demands of large groups. Within the last 40 years, much research has been done on the socio-cognitive abilities of primates, and since Premack & Woodruff (1978) first coined the term “theory of mind”, many laboratory experiments have been conducted on human and non-human primates’ ability to attribute mental states to others. In the present paper, most of these experiments with non-human primates and a representative part with human children were reviewed. Differences and similarities between human and non-human primate theory of mind were discussed within an evolutionary framework with a special emphasis on enculturation in which non-human primate individuals are hypothesized to develop more advanced socio-cognitive capacities than their conspecifics by living in intimate, extensive contact with humans from an early age. ‘
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