The CEU Department of Cognitive Science and the Social Mind Center cordially invites you
to its talk by
Andrea Cavallo<http://www.imoveuproject.eu/andreacavallo> (C’MON – Cognition,
Motion, and Neuroscience Unit, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa)
<http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/e/l/m.vanelk/m.vanelk.html>
Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 17:00-18:30
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 St. 7, room 101
Seeing mental states: An empirical approach to the problem of mental states observability
Is it possible to perceive others’ mental states? Are mental states visible in others’
behavior? In contrast to the traditional view that mental states are hidden away and not
directly accessible to perception, a phenomenologically motivated account of social
cognition has emerged in the recent years: direct social perception. However, despite the
numerous articles published defending (and critiquing) direct perception, researchers have
made little progress in articulating the conditions under which direct perception of
others’ mental states is possible. In this talk I will propose an empirically anchored
approach to the observability of others’ mentality – not just in the weak sense of
discussing relevant empirical evidence for and against the phenomenon of interest, but
more specifically in the stronger sense of identifying an experimental strategy for
measuring the observability of mental states and articulating the conditions under which
they are observable.I will conclude by reframing the problem of direct perception in terms
of establishing a definable and measurable relationship between movement features and
perceived mental states.
We are looking forward to see you at the talk!
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