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The latest theory is that someone who is socially blind has some limitation on how their
mirror neurons work.
The ability to have some idea of what other people are thinking and feeling is taken for granted by most. Those that don't have this ability move through the social world initially not even realising that other people think and feel. Children with this limitation are not aware of other people as anything other than different things in their environment. This can cause many problems for them as the interactions with others depends on knowing where the other person is coming from. The Theory of Mind is an idea that helps explain what life must be like for someone with social blindness. There is another way at looking at this, and that is to imagine that this person is suffering from mind blindness. |