Alternative routes to perspective-taking: imagination and rule-use may be better than simulation and theorising.
This article is a commentary on 'Two routes to perspective: Simulation and rule-use as approaches to mentalizing' (Mitchell, Currie, & Ziegler, 2009).
Apperly
Ian A
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School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. i.a.apperly@bham.ac.uk
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