In this study, Johnson-Laird and his colleagues’ mental model reasoning is formally analyzed as a non-sentential reasoning. Based on the recent developments in implementations of mental model theory, we formulate a mental model reasoning for syllogistic fragments in a way satisfying the requirement of formal specification such as mental model definition.

Although attachment theory was initially developed on the basis of observations of infants and their caregivers, attachment relationships and attachment styles have relevance across the lifespan (Ainsworth 1978; Bowlby 1982). Proponents of the theory argue that attachment relationships continue to be important throughout adulthood by providing the individual with a secure base from which to gro...

Objective. There is limited theory regarding the real-world implementation of mental health care in the primary care setting: a type of organizational coordination intervention. The purpose of this study was to develop a theory to conceptualize the potential causes of barriers and facilitators to how local sites responded to this mandated intervention to achieve coordinated mental health care. ...

According to the theory theory of folk psychology, our engagement in the folk psychological practices of prediction, interpretation and explanation draws on a rich body of knowledge about psychological matters. According to the simulation theory, in contrast, a fundamental role is played by our ability to identify with another person in imagination and to replicate or re-enact aspects of the ot...

abstract aim and background: theory of mind is the ability to attribute one’s own or others mental states which has an important role in social and behavioral performances. the purpose of the present study was compare theory of mind in patients with schizophrenia and major depression with normal individuals. methods and materials: the present research was a causal- comparative study. the subjec...

Theory of mind, the capacity to understand and ascribe mental states, has traditionally been conceptualized as analogous to a scientific theory. However, recent work in philosophy and psychology has documented a “side-effect effect” suggesting that moral evaluations influence mental state ascriptions, and in particular whether a behavior is described as having been performed ‘intentionally.’ Th...

We shed new light on the long-debated question about the nature of mental images, that is, the underlying structures and processes, with a new theory of mental imagery. This theory is formalized as a computational cognitive model and provides an integrated account of the three prevalent theories of mental imagery, i.e., the descriptive, the quasi-pictorial, and the enactive theory. It does so b...

Theory of mind, the capacity to understand and ascribe mental states, has traditionally been conceptualized as analogous to a scientific theory. However, recent work in philosophy and psychology has documented a "side-effect effect" suggesting that moral evaluations influence mental state ascriptions, and in particular whether a behavior is described as having been performed 'intentionally.' Th...