Index
A
absorption, 153-154
abstract concepts, cognitive mapping of, 148
ACC (anterior medial cingulate cortex), 114
action, understanding language as, 103-104
action at a distance, language as, 86, 93
actions
determining intentions of, 101-103
egocentric limitations of understanding intentions of, 104-105
observing and executing, 97-99
mirror neurons, 99-101
adrenal glands, 53
affective component of empathy, 112-114
Agape and Eros (Nygren), 39
agency, mindful, 123
aging of U.S. population, 174
Alzheimer’s disease, loneliness and, 55
animals, empathy in, 111
anterior insula, 114
anterior medial cingulate cortex (ACC), 114
anthropomorphic inference, 137
anthropomorphism, 11-12, 202. See also personification of ...
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