Abstract Theory of mind (ToM; aka, mind‐reading, mentalizing, mental‐state attribution, and
perspective‐taking) is the ability to ascribe mental states, such as desires and beliefs, to …

Face perception, perhaps the most highly developed visual skill in humans, is mediated by a
distributed neural system in humans that is comprised of multiple, bilateral regions. We …

We propose that the crucial difference between human cognition and that of other species is
the ability to participate with others in collaborative activities with shared goals and …

Gaze is an important component of social interaction. The function, evolution and
neurobiology of gaze processing are therefore of interest to a number of researchers. This …

Humans have many cognitive skills not possessed by their nearest primate relatives. The
cultural intelligence hypothesis argues that this is mainly due to a species-specific set of …

On the 30th anniversary of Premack and Woodruff's seminal paper asking whether
chimpanzees have a theory of mind, we review recent evidence that suggests in many …

Dogs are more skillful than great apes at a number of tasks in which they must read human
communicative signals indicating the location of hidden food. In this study, we found that …

Face perception requires representation of invariant aspects that underlie identity
recognition as well as representation of changeable aspects, such as eye gaze and …

Most theories of how human cognition is unique propose specific representational
capacities or biases, often thought to arise through evolutionary change. In this Perspective …

This comprehensively updated and expanded revision of the successful second edition
continues to provide detailed coverage of the ever-growing range of research topics in …