A Theory-of-Mind Approach to Empathy-Related Phenomena

本研究旨在通过研究与“说话人的共情”相关的经验数据，即说话人的观点，找出我们的读心术能力，即发展心理学领域中的“心理理论”，如何影响我们的交流方式。我们的假设是，随着信息时代的进步，我们认识世界时所依赖的观点一直在以一种激进的方式发生变化，这对我们目前的沟通方式产生了强烈的影响。我在与共情相关的现象的基础上探索了这一假设的后果。

The present research aims to find out how our mind-reading capability, which is referred to as "a theory of mind" in the field of developmental psychology, affects our ways of communication by focusing on empirical data relevant to "the speaker's empathy," i.e. the speaker's point of view. Our hypothesis is that the point of view upon which we depend when we recognize the world has been changing in a radical manner as the information era progresses, which has strong influence on our present style of communication. I have explored consequences of the hypothesis on the basis of empathy-related phenomena.