Research by Cardiff University has found that playing with Barbie dolls can help reach key milestones in developing empathy ...

Playing with dolls helps in the development of social skills and the understanding of others in children, according to new ...

Dr Travis LaCroix, in our Department of Philosophy, challenges a long-standing misconception about autism: that autistic people are inherently unable to understand others’ thoughts or feelings. Here ...

For four decades, a controversial idea has shaped how autism is understood by researchers, health care professionals and the public: the claim that autistic people are "mind blind." The phrase ...

Travis LaCroix received funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (Canada). For four decades, a controversial idea has shaped how autism is understood by researchers, healthcare ...

The hours you spend tracing countries on a globe or puzzling over a chessboard may add up to more than idle time. According to a new study, such mentally stimulating pursuits are linked to years-long ...

This repository presents a structural diagnosis of Theory of Mind (ToM) research based on the concept of misplacement. The central claim is that many ToM tasks rely on "belief" as an explanatory ...

A sharper, more resilient mind starts here. Monday Test Your Knowledge Tuesday MIND Your Diet Wednesday Try a New Workout Thursday Play a Game Welcome to Day 2 of the Brain Health Challenge. Today, we ...

The hope and, in some cases, fear that intelligent machines will understand the mental states of their human counterparts, that is, have a theory of mind (ToM), has been with us since the advent of ...

The drama starring Mark Ruffalo has become a word-of-mouth hit. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor The renewal comes after Task became a word-of-mouth hit for HBO and grew steadily over the ...

The human brain vastly outperforms artificial intelligence (AI) when it comes to energy efficiency. Large language models (LLMs) require enormous amounts of energy, so understanding how they “think" ...