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Primate theory of mind is a Turing test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Robert W. Mitchell  and
James R. Anderson
Robert W. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475 psymitch@acs.eku.edu
James R. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland j.r.anderson@stir.ac.uk
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Abstract

Heyes's literature review of deception, imitation, and self-recognition is inadequate, misleading, and erroneous. The anaesthetic artifact hypothesis of self-recognition is unsupported by the data she herself examines. Her proposed experiment is tantalizing, indicating that theory of mind is simply a Turing test.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 127 - 128
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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