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Mentalizzazione e tempo. La comprensione della mente attraverso le età e le relazioni

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] Mentalization and time. Understanding of the mind through ages and relationships

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Abstract

Mentalization and Time.Understanding Mind Through Aging and Relationships – In recent years the concept of Theory of Mind has frequently been linked to or replaced by the concept of Mentali-zation. This change in terminology reflects a more procedural interpretation of the construct. Already twenty years ago an increasing number of studies in this area pointed to the relevance of a life-span ap-proach and the resulted from the theoretical as well as from the methodological point of view. The aim of this paper is to highlight that this procedural interpretation has both a diachronic dimension (changes of mentalization abilities across the life-span) and a synchronic dimension (changes in the mentalization abilities of the same individual as a function of interpersonal relationships). Various innovative fields of investigation are taken into account: the neurobiological basis of mentalization, changes that occur with physiological and pathological aging, the role of context for the development of mentalization from the longitudinal-diachronic and the synchronic perspectives, and the therapeutic and educational implica-tions for individuals and organizations of mentalization-based interventions.
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] Mentalization and time. Understanding of the mind through ages and relationships
Original languageItalian
Pages (from-to)198-211
Number of pages14
JournalRivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
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Publication statusPublished - 2015

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