Keyword

intention understanding

Description: The cognitive ability to infer another person’s intended meaning or goal from their actions, studied in social cognition and human–robot interaction.

Primary topic: Child and Animal Learning Development (24%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/intention-understanding

Understanding the intentions of others: Re-enactment of intended acts by 18-month-old children.

1995 · Andrew N. Meltzoff · Developmental Psychology · 2,111

Grasping the Intentions of Others with One's Own Mirror Neuron System

2005 · Marco Iacoboni, Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, et al. · PLoS Biology · 2,047

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Parietal Lobe: From Action Organization to Intention Understanding

2005 · Leonardo Fogassi, Pier Francesco Ferrari, et al. · Science · 1,995

The functional role of the parieto-frontal mirror circuit: interpretations and misinterpretations

2010 · Giacomo Rizzolatti, Corrado Sinigaglia · Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 1,682

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Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind? 30 years later

2008 · Josep Call, Michael Tomasello · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 1,591

Social evaluation by preverbal infants

2007 · J. Kiley Hamlin, Karen Wynn, et al. · Nature · 1,563

Predictive coding: an account of the mirror neuron system

2007 · James M. Kilner, Karl J. Friston, et al. · Cognitive Processing · 1,132

Natural Theories of Mind: Evolution, Development and Simulation of Everyday Mindreading.

1992 · Andrew Lock, Andrew Whiten · Man · 1,081

From the perception of action to the understanding of intention

2001 · Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Jean Decety · Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 1,000

Before and below ‘theory of mind’: embodied simulation and the neural correlates of social cognition

2007 · Vittorio Gallese · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 806

Social Decision-Making: Insights from Game Theory and Neuroscience

2007 · Alan G. Sanfey · Science · 677

Direct perception in the intersubjective context

2008 · Shaun Gallagher · Consciousness and Cognition · 659

Prediction in Joint Action: What, When, and Where

2009 · Natalie Sebanz, Guenther Knoblich · Topics in Cognitive Science · 570

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The cognitive basis of a biological disorder: autism

1991 · Uta Frith, John Morton, et al. · Trends in Neurosciences · 556

2. Understanding others through primary interaction and narrative practice

2008 · Shaun Gallagher, Daniel D. Hutto · Converging evidence in language and communication research · 545

Cortical Mechanisms Underlying the Organization of Goal-Directed Actions and Mirror Neuron-Based Action Understanding

2014 · Giacomo Rizzolatti, Luigi Cattaneo, et al. · Physiological Reviews · 496

Motor functions of the parietal lobe

2005 · Leonardo Fogassi, Giuseppe Luppino · Current Opinion in Neurobiology · 488

Impairment of actions chains in autism and its possible role in intention understanding

2007 · Luigi Cattaneo, Maddalena Fabbri-Destro, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 484

Neural basis of eye gaze processing deficits in autism

2005 · Kevin A. Pelphrey, James P. Morris, et al. · Brain · 447

Assessing human mirror activity with EEG mu rhythm: A meta-analysis.

2015 · Nathan A. Fox, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, et al. · Psychological Bulletin · 440

Mirror Neurons and Mirror Systems in Monkeys and Humans

2008 · Maddalena Fabbri-Destro, Giacomo Rizzolatti · Physiology · 438

Two Takes on the Social Brain: A Comparison of Theory of Mind Tasks

2007 · Maria Ida Gobbini, Aaron C. Koralek, et al. · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · 437

Understanding Intentions in Social Interaction: The Role of the Anterior Paracingulate Cortex

2004 · Henrik Walter, Mauro Adenzato, et al. · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · 415

The mirror system and its role in social cognition

2008 · Giacomo Rizzolatti, Maddalena Fabbri-Destro · Current Opinion in Neurobiology · 355

How we predict what other people are going to do

2006 · Chris D. Frith, Uta Frith · Brain Research · 348

Works count: 1,287

Citation count: 41,340