This contribution presents a computational cognitive model of imaginal perspective taking (IPT). The model is shown to account for major effects observed in IPT as well as concrete human data from an IPT experiment. Model development was based on the observation that control mechanisms play a central role in IPT performance. In taking this approach, model development and the model itself reveal...

This study explored the use of virtual world role-play activities to increase pre-service teachers’ sense of teaching efficacy and attitudes toward inclusion. These constructs are also important for teacher identity development since they influence teacher dispositions, effort, professional development and beliefs in intrinsic obligations. The activity was embedded in an undergraduate course fo...

Body integrity identity disorder (BIID) is characterized by the overwhelming desire to amputate one or more healthy limbs or to be paraplegic. Recently, a neurological explanation of this condition has been proposed, in part on the basis of findings that the insular cortex might present structural anomalies in these individuals. While these studies focused on body representation, much less is k...

1602 THE ONSET OF PUBERTY HERALDS A DRAMATIC SET OF PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND SOCIAL CHANGES. THE TRANSITION INTO adolescence also brings on several new health concerns—including increases in risk-taking, sensation-seeking, depression, substance use, and accidents.1-4 The onset of adolescence is also a time of both physiological and social changes that affect sleep.1-8 Of ...

Dear Editor:    The rising importance of emotional intelligence gives a clear idea of the significant differences between men and women, since men and women are emotionally intelligent in different ways. Understanding and appreciating such differences leads to the improvement of the existing relationships and to the establishment of new relationships in a satisfying manner.       One of the pri...

This paper provides a systematic review of research on sexual compliance in heterosexual relationships. Three perspectives shed light on which individuals are the most likely to comply with a sexually interested partner's desire for sex and why. A gender perspective highlights the common male-female asymmetry in compliant sexual behavior and identifies factors that contribute to women's greater...

Little research to date has examined whether sex differences in spatial ability extend to the mental self rotation involved in taking on a third party perspective. This question was addressed in the present study by assessing components of imagined perspective transformations in twenty men and twenty women. Participants made speeded left-right judgements about the hand in which an object was he...

Perspective-taking exercises are used in a range of therapies, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive (CT), Dialectical Behavioural (DBT) Compassion-Focused (CFT). has been theorised ACT to foster cognitive defusion, self-compassion sense self distinct from containing self-related negative thoughts feelings. To date, few experimental studies have investigated the impact typi...