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Precursors to theories of mind in nonhuman brains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Stephen F. Walker
Stephen F. Walker
Affiliation:
Centre for Life Sciences, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX United Kingdoms.walker@psychology.bbk.ac.uk www.psyca.bbk.ac.uk/staff/sfw/htm/
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Abstract

Heyes is right that behavioural tests able to distinguish mentalistic from nonmentalistic alternatives should be sought, but the theoretical issue is less about the passing of behavioural tests than it is about the internal mechanisms which allow the passing of the tests. It may be helpful to try to assess the internal mechanisms directly by measuring brain activities.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 131 - 132
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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