?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Sharedness+as+an+innate+basis+for+communication+in+the+infant&rft.creator=Bosco%2C+Francesca+M.&rft.creator=Tirassa%2C+Maurizio&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=From+a+cognitive+perspective%2C+intentional+communication+may+be+viewed+as+an+agent's+activity+overtly+aimed+at+modifying+a+partner's+mental+states.+According+to+standard+Gricean+definitions%2C+this+requires+each+party+to+be+able+to+ascribe+mental+states+to+the+other%2C+i.e.%2C+to+entertain+a+so-called+theory+of+mind.+According+to+the+relevant+experimental+literature%2C+however%2C+such+capability+does+not+appear+before+the+third+or+fourth+birthday%3B+it+would+follow+that+children+under+that+age+should+not+be+viewed+as+communicating+agents.+In+order+to+solve+the+resulting+dilemma%2C+we+propose+that+certain+specific+components+of+an+agent's+cognitive+architecture+(namely%2C+a+peculiar+version+of+sharedness+and+communicative+intention)%2C+are+necessary+and+sufficient+to+explain+infant+communication+in+a+mentalist+framework.+We+also+argue+that+these+components+are+innate+in+the+human+species.%0A&rft.publisher=Lawrence+Erlbaum+Associates&rft.contributor=Gernsbacher%2C+M.A.&rft.contributor=Derry%2C+S.J.&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3559%2F1%2F1998-Mindreading.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bosco%2C+Francesca+M.+and+Tirassa%2C+Maurizio++(1998)+Sharedness+as+an+innate+basis+for+communication+in+the+infant.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3559%2F