Interactionism and Mindreading

Michael, John

doi:10.1007/s13164-011-0066-z

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“…Recently, more embodied and interactionist approaches have been posited. These latter approaches highlight the central role of social interaction and argue that much of this interaction is not dependent on mindreading (see Ref ).…”

Section: The Body In Social Cognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of the body in social cognition

Uithol

Gallese

2015

WIRES Cognitive Science

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In this review, we discuss the actual and active dependence of social cognitive processes on the body, i.e., that part of the organism beyond the central nervous system. In particular, we will discuss mirror mechanisms, and assess the extent to which the body is recruited during these processes. We show that for emotion mirroring, this dependency is well-documented, but for action mirroring far less so. By reviewing these mechanisms and processes while contrasting body from brain, and social from general cognition, we show that both contrasts are arbitrary and problematic and that any study of cognitive processes, both social and general, should take the body into account.

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Section: The Body In Social Cognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of the body in social cognition

Uithol

Gallese

2015

WIRES Cognitive Science

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“…Recently, John Michael (2011) has defined interactionism as referring to a family of positions endorsing the claim that “social understanding and interaction do not require mindreading because various embodied and/or extended capabilities sustain social understanding and interaction in the absence of mindreading” (559–560). We will take this definition as our starting point.…”

Section: Theory Of Mind and Interactionismmentioning

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Toward an integrative account of social cognition: marrying theory of mind and interactionism to study the interplay of Type 1 and Type 2 processes

Bohl¹,

Bos²

2012

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Traditional theory of mind (ToM) accounts for social cognition have been at the basis of most studies in the social cognitive neurosciences. However, in recent years, the need to go beyond traditional ToM accounts for understanding real life social interactions has become all the more pressing. At the same time it remains unclear whether alternative accounts, such as interactionism, can yield a sufficient description and explanation of social interactions. We argue that instead of considering ToM and interactionism as mutually exclusive opponents, they should be integrated into a more comprehensive account of social cognition. We draw on dual process models of social cognition that contrast two different types of social cognitive processing. The first type (labeled Type 1) refers to processes that are fast, efficient, stimulus-driven, and relatively inflexible. The second type (labeled Type 2) refers to processes that are relatively slow, cognitively laborious, flexible, and may involve conscious control. We argue that while interactionism captures aspects of social cognition mostly related to Type 1 processes, ToM is more focused on those based on Type 2 processes. We suggest that real life social interactions are rarely based on either Type 1 or Type 2 processes alone. On the contrary, we propose that in most cases both types of processes are simultaneously involved and that social behavior may be sustained by the interplay between these two types of processes. Finally, we discuss how the new integrative framework can guide experimental research on social interaction.

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“…The authors suggest that internalists, who believe that (social) cognition is essentially down to what happens inside the brain of an individual, will consider the experiment as “cheating.” Michael (2011) notes several times that the emergence of coordination is an obvious consequence of participants using the same strategy, as if it was a shortcoming of the experiment, rather than a deliberate feature. He also states that emergent coordination is fully explained by the individuals' search strategy.…”

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Perceptual crossing: the simplest online paradigm

Auvray¹,

Rohde²

2012

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Researchers in social cognition increasingly realize that many phenomena cannot be understood by investigating offline situations only, focusing on individual mechanisms and an observer perspective. There are processes of dynamic emergence specific to online situations, when two or more persons are engaged in a real-time interaction that are more than just the sum of the individual capacities or behaviors, and these require the study of online social interaction. Auvray et al.'s (2009) perceptual crossing paradigm offers possibly the simplest paradigm for studying such online interactions: two persons, a one-dimensional space, one bit of information, and a yes/no answer. This study has provoked a lot of resonance in different areas of research, including experimental psychology, computer/robot modeling, philosophy, psychopathology, and even in the field of design. In this article, we review and critically assess this body of literature. We give an overview of both behavioral experimental research and simulated agent modeling done using the perceptual crossing paradigm. We discuss different contexts in which work on perceptual crossing has been cited. This includes the controversy about the possible constitutive role of perceptual crossing for social cognition. We conclude with an outlook on future research possibilities, in particular those that could elucidate the link between online interaction dynamics and individual social cognition.

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Interactionism and Mindreading

Abstract: In recent years, a number of theorists have developed approaches to social cognition that highlight the centrality of social interaction as opposed to mindreading (e.

Cited by 29 publications

References 52 publications

The role of the body in social cognition

The role of the body in social cognition

Toward an integrative account of social cognition: marrying theory of mind and interactionism to study the interplay of Type 1 and Type 2 processes

Perceptual crossing: the simplest online paradigm

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