theory of mind

theory of mind

English

Alternative forms

• ToM (initialism)

Noun

theory of mind (countable and uncountable, plural theories of mind)

1. (psychology) The ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking.

   Lack of theory of mind is a classic symptom of autism-spectrum disorders

2. (psychology, by extension from the root sense) The intellectual ability to understand that different persons (than the self) might have different intentions and knowledge.

Translations

ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking

Chinese: Mandarin: 心智理論／心智理论 (xīnzhì lǐlùn) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: mielen teoria Greek: θεωρία του νου f (theoría tou nou), νοοθεωρία f (nootheoría) Hungarian: tudatelmélet Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• theory of mind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia