The brain seems to have two different systems through which we can put ourselves into the shoes of someone else. These two systems mature at different times such that only 4-year-olds can understand what another person is thinking, and not, as some have assumed, 1-year-olds. These are the findings from a new study in the journal PNAS.
The brain has two systems for thinking about others' thoughts
- EurekAlert
- 6. 3 2020 (06:00)