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The Emerging Science of Interacting Minds

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: For over a century, psychology has focused on uncovering mental processes of a single individual. However, humans rarely navigate the world in isolation. The most important determinants of successful development, mental health, and our individual traits and preferences arise from interacting with other individuals. Social interaction underpins who we are, how we think, and how we behave. Here we discuss the key methodological challenges that have limited progress in establishing a robust science of how minds interact and the new tools that are beginning to overcome these challenges. A deep understanding of the human mind requires studying the context within which it originates and exists: social interaction.

Source: Perspectives on Psychological Science

DOI: 10.1177/17456916231200177

Authors: Thalia Wheatley, Mark A. Thornton, Arjen Stolk, Luke J. Chang

Institutions: Dartmouth College, Santa Fe Institute

Language: English

Topic: Embodied and Extended Cognition

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse