The Primate Origins of Human Social Cognition
The Primate Origins of Human Social Cognition
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DOI：
10.1080/15475441.2020.1820339
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发表时间：
2020-12-13
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Rosati，Alexandra G.
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作者：
Bettle，Rosemary;Rosati，Alexandra G.
理解其他个体的精神状态的能力是人类社会行为的核心，然而，一些心理理论能力是与其他物种共享的。比较人类和其他灵长类动物的心理理论技能，可以对不同心理理论技能出现所需的认知先决条件进行关键测试。人类和非人类之间的一个根本区别是语言：虽然语言可能会为人类发展一些心理理论技能提供支架，但其他物种没有类似的语言能力或沉浸在语言中。因此，比较工作可以提供一条新的证据线来测试语言在复杂社会认知的出现中的作用。在这里，我们首先提供了一个概述的证据，在其他灵长类动物的共同方面的心理理论，然后检查的证据，显然人类独特的方面的心理理论，可能与语言。最后，我们对比了不同的进化过程，如竞争和合作，这可能是重要的灵长类动物的社会认知与人类特定形式的心理理论。我们认为，这种进化的角度可以帮助判断不同的建议之间的联系，人类特定形式的社会认知和语言。
The ability to understand the mental states of other individuals is central to human social behavior, yet some theory of mind capacities are shared with other species. Comparisons of theory of mind skills across humans and other primates can provide a critical test of the cognitive prerequisites necessary for different theory of mind skills to emerge. A fundamental difference between humans and non-humans is language: while language may scaffold some developing theory of mind skills in humans, other species do not have similar capacities for or immersion in language. Comparative work can therefore provide a new line of evidence to test the role of language in the emergence of complex social cognition. Here we first provide an overview of the evidence for shared aspects of theory of mind in other primates, and then examine the evidence for apparently human-unique aspects of theory of mind that may be linked to language. We finally contrast different evolutionary processes, such as competition and cooperation, that may have been important for primate social cognition versus human-specific forms of theory of mind. We argue that this evolutionary perspective can help adjudicate between different proposals on the link between human-specific forms of social cognition and language.