The Theory of Mind Under Scrutiny (eBook)

This book is a call to expand and diversify our approach to the study of the human mind in relation to the Theory of Mind. It proposes that it is necessary to combine cross-disciplinary methods to arrive at a more complete understanding of how our minds work. Seeking to expand the discussion surrounding the Theory of Mind beyond the field of psychology, and its focus on our capacity to ascribe mental states to other people, this volume collects evidence and research to point to a more holistic understanding of our own minds, the minds of others, behavior, language, and reasoning.

This book therefore illuminates the conceptual intricacy underlying the Theory of Mind. It posits that a wide scope is necessary to make a breakthrough in scientific research towards a full understanding of the nature, function, and development of our capacity to converge on biological processes of the brain towards consciousness, emotion, awareness, and cognition. The volume presents methods, results, critiques, and models intended to provoke debates in various academic disciplines. It is of interest to scholars working in psychology, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and artificial intelligence.

Teresa Lopez-Soto - Tenure Professor at the Department of English Language and Main Researcher at the Laboratory of Speech and Phonetic Sciences, University of Seville. Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for the Empirical Study of Language, University of Ohio and at the School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid. Main areas of research: neurophysiological and electrophysiological methods in language, language pathologies, psychopathology, clinical linguistics and computational linguistics.

ÁLVARO GARCÍA LÓPEZ he was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1986. He received the B.S. degree in industrial electronics technical engineering, the M.S. degree in industrial electronics, and the Ph.D degree in electronic engineering from the Carlos III University of Madrid, in 2010, 2016 and 2022 respectively.

From 2006 to 2021, he worked in different electronics and quality companies. Since 2017, he has been a Researcher with the Displays and Photonic Applications Group, Carlos III University and since 2021, the Spanish Center for Captioning and Audio Description (CESyA). He has been teaching as Associated Professor in Carlos III University since 2020. He is currently with CESyA in Madrid, Spain. He has authored 3 reports, one of them awarded the prize for the best scientific dissemination video of the year 2020 by IEEE Access, 5 international conferences and one patent.