Management Division, Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York,
Psychology Department, Columbia University, New York,
Behav Brain Sci. 2020 Jun 19;43:e145. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19003212.
We propose that abstraction is an interpersonal process and serves a social function. Research on shared reality shows that in communication, people raise their level of abstraction in order to create a common understanding with their communication partner, which can subsequently distort their mental representation of the object of communication. This work demonstrates that, beyond building accurate models, abstraction also functions to build accurate models but also to build socially shared models - to create a shared reality.
我们提出，抽象是一个人际过程，具有社会功能。关于共享现实的研究表明，在交流中，人们会提高抽象水平，以便与交流伙伴建立共同的理解，而这随后会扭曲他们对交流对象的心理表征。这项工作表明，抽象不仅有助于构建准确的模型，还可以构建社会共享的模型——即创建共享现实。
