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We define mentalizing as the natural human imaginative capacity to perceive and interpret behavior in self and others as conjoined with intentional mental states, such as desires, motives, feelings, and beliefs. In plain language, we characterize mentalizing as attentiveness to thinking and feeling in self and others—or, in shorthand, as holding mind in mind.
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