Intercorporal coordination in rhythm and spatial orientation - what makes people believe in others' mind?

摘要

Human communication is the reciprocal activity of (1) assuming that the interlocutor has "mind" and (2) predicting and manipulating the interlocutor's behavior in terms of "theory of mind". Looking into infant-caregiver interaction and its development, we investigate interpersonal coordination of bodily movement (i.e. attentional pattern) as a mechanism that makes us believe in "mind".