Projektnummer

0053884

Zusammenfassung

Theory of mind, the ability to explicitly understand psychological states such as intentions, knowledge and beliefs in others, is often supposed to be the difference between humans and all other animals. However, there is currently a debate if great apes have more or less social cognitive skills than presumed earlier and how theory of mind evolved in humans. The aim of this project is to investigate three aspects of theory of mind in great apes that have not been shown before and would be an important contribution to the debate: 1.) The understanding of knowledge through inferences of ...