People interpret behavior by making inferences about agents’ intentionality, mind, and personality. Past research studied such inferences 1 at a time; in real life, people make these inferences simultaneously. The present studies therefore examined whether 4 major inferences (intentionality, desire, belief, and personality), elicited simultaneously in response to an observed behavior, might be ...

Museums that strive for excellence by continually clarifying their purpose and realigning all practices and resources to achieve that purpose are operating holistically within a cycle of intentionality. Working within a cycle of intentionality means that a museum, among many other activities, carefully writes intentions that reflect and describe the essence of the museum and its unique value an...

In two experiments, participants were asked to rate the causality and the blameworthiness of an actor in each of eight events, varying in intentionality and the foreseeability of the results. The blameworthiness rating was lower than the causality rating. Furthermore, the actor was judged less blameworthy when the actor was not intentional and when the result was not foreseeable. Cognitive load...

The current article proposes a new theory of infant pointing involving multiple layers of intentionality and shared intentionality. In the context of this theory, evidence is presented for a rich interpretation of prelinguistic communication, that is, one that posits that when 12-month-old infants point for an adult they are in some sense trying to influence her mental states. Moreover, evidenc...

The ability to both identify and explain others' intentional acts is fundamental for successful social interaction. In two cross-sectional studies, we investigated 3- to 9-year-olds' (n=148) understanding of the folk concept of intentionality, using three types of intentionality measures. The relationship between this type of reasoning and false belief and interpretive mind understanding was al...

Abstract: The present study proposes an investigation into the reasons why Merleau-Ponty recognizes, in Goldstein’s incorporation of figure-ground notion from Gestalt Psychology, convergence between contemporary science and phenomenological philosophy. It is about understanding how, insofar as it reveals power centering that operates concreteness existence organisms surroundings, figure-backgro...