The capability to reflect on their own mental state and that of others continues to develop throughout adolescence, with mentalizing scores varying by gender and personality traits, according to a new ...

Mentalization-based therapy is an evidence-based treatment for people with borderline personality disorder and other mental health conditions that draws from several different psychotherapeutic ...

Emotions are running high… and it is getting more and difficult to understand the worldviews and behaviors of the other people in your life. At the very least, it's challenging to remain consistently ...

One explanation of altruism is that it arises from "mentalizing," the process of understanding the mental states of others. Another is based on sexual selection: altruism is a costly signal of good ...

De Freitas, Julian, Kyle A. Thomas, Peter DiScioli, and Steven Pinker. "Common Knowledge, Coordination, and Strategic Mentalizing in Human Social Life." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

A link between the neurotransmitter dopamine and the mentalizing abilities of healthy people has been identified. A link between the neurotransmitter dopamine and the mentalising abilities of healthy ...

Pathological narcissism has long been linked to emotional dysregulation. Now, a study published in Personality and Mental Health reveals that individuals with narcissistic vulnerability struggle to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A test of advanced theory of mind (ToM), first introduced by F. Happé (1994), was adapted for children (mental, human, animal, and nature ...

In people with high mentalizing ability, increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol decreased donations; cortisol had no effect on people with low mentalizing ability. The researchers could ...