People represent mental states in terms of rationality, social impact, and valence: Validating the 3d Mind Model.

ABSTRACT: Humans can experience a wide variety of different thoughts and feelings in the course of everyday life. To successfully navigate the social world, people need to perceive, understand, and predict others' mental states. Previous research suggests that people use three dimensions to represent mental states: rationality, social impact, and valence. This 3d Mind Model allows people to efficiently "see" the state of another person's mind by considering whether that state is rational or emotional, more or less socially impactful, and positive or negative. In the current investigation, we validate this model using neural, behavioral, and linguistic evidence. First, we examine the robustness of the 3d Mind Model by conducting a mega-analysis of four fMRI studies in which participants considered ot

SUBMITTER: Thornton MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093241 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature