University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov;27(11):1019-1031. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.06.009. Epub 2023 Jul 31.
Theory of mind research has traditionally focused on the ascription of mental states to a single individual. Here, we introduce a theory of collective mind: the ascription of a unified mental state to a group of agents with convergent experiences. Rather than differentiation between one's personal perspective and that of another agent, a theory of collective mind requires perspectival unification across agents. We review recent scholarship across the cognitive sciences concerning the conceptual foundations of collective mind representations and their empirical induction through the synchronous arrival of shared information. Research suggests that representations of a collective mind cause psychological amplification of co-attended stimuli, create relational bonds, and increase cooperation, among co-attendees.
心智理论研究传统上侧重于将心理状态归因于单个个体。在这里，我们引入了一种集体心智理论：将统一的心智状态归因于具有趋同经验的一组主体。与将个人观点与另一个主体的观点区分开来不同，集体心智理论需要在主体之间进行视角统一。我们回顾了认知科学领域最近的研究，这些研究涉及集体心智表示的概念基础及其通过共享信息的同步到达进行的经验归纳。研究表明，集体心智的表示会引起共同关注刺激的心理放大，建立关系纽带，并增加共同关注者之间的合作。
