Unlocking the Secrets of Social Cognition: How Our Brains Understand Others
The article discusses how our brains understand other people's thoughts and actions. It suggests that two mechanisms in the brain help us do this: one based on copying others' actions and another based on thinking about what others might be thinking. Evidence comes from studies on how we understand others and experiments on copying actions. This new idea combines two existing theories and helps us better understand social interactions, even though there are still challenges to overcome.