Joint Attention and Intersubjectivity: Developments in Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy of Mind

想象一下，两个人坐在公园的长椅上，看着池塘里的天鹅。两个人都意识到，在某种程度上，他们是在一起照顾天鹅。这次会议探讨了这种关注事件的“偶然性”的本质。这次会议的特色是发展和比较心理学家、认知科学家和心灵哲学家的演讲。共同注意的能力在人类生命第一年结束时发展起来，在非人类灵长类动物中也存在。共同注意及其发展被认为在概念习得、移情、社会互动和自我概念等问题上起着至关重要的作用。了解联合注意及其发展对自闭症的研究也具有重要意义。

Imagine two people on a park bench looking at a swan in the pond. Both people are aware that in some way, they are attending to the swan together. This conference explores the nature of the 'jointness' of such episodes of attention. The conference features presentations by developmental and comparative psychologists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers of the mind. The capacity for joint attention develops towards the end of the first year of life in humans and is present in non-human primates as well. Joint attention and its development is thought to play a crucial role with regard to a variety of issues, such as concept acquisition, empathy, social interaction, and the concept of self. Understanding joint attention and its development is also of relevance for the study of autism.