TY  - DATA
ID  - doi:10.5061/dryad.q0k1m
T1  - Data from: Inferring subjective states through the observation of actions
AU  - Patel D
AU  - Flemming SM
AU  - Kilner JM
Y1  - 2012/10/03/
N2  - Estimating another person’s subjective confidence is crucial for social interaction, but how this inference is achieved is unknown. Previous research has demonstrated that the speed at which people make decisions is correlated with their confidence in their decision. Here we show that 1) subjects’ are able to infer the subjective confidence of another person simply through the observation of their actions and 2) this inference is dependent upon the performance of each subject when executing the action. Crucially, the latter result supports a model in which motor simulation of an observed action mediates the successful understanding of other minds. We conclude that kinematic understanding allows access to the higher-order cognitive processes of others, and that this access plays a central role in social interactions.
KW  - Inference
KW  - Confidence
KW  - Social
KW  - Mirror neurons
KW  - Action observation
KW  - Human
JF  - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
PB  - Dryad Data Repository
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q0k1m
DO  - doi:10.5061/dryad.q0k1m
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