Mental Files in Perspective: Theory, Development, and Neural Foundations (Context & Content)

Josef Perner

ISBN 10: 0198843186 / ISBN 13: 9780198843184

Published by Oxford University Press, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mental Files in Perspective: Theory, Development, and Neural Foundations (Context & Content)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198843186
• ISBN 13: 9780198843184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book introduces mental files theory and applies it to the development of perspective taking in early childhood.

About the Author

Josef Perner, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg

JOSEF PERNER received his PhD in Psychology from the University of Toronto. He was Professor in Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, and is now Professor of Psychology and member of the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg. He authored over 200 articles on cognitive development, consciousness, simulation in decision making, mental representation, and cognitive neuroscience. He served as President of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, is a Fellow of the British Academy, Academia Europaea, Leopoldina, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, and holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel.