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The aim is to explore how mentalizing and empathic accuracy vary in social interactions involving close and stranger dyads.

February 19, 2026Cognitive ScienceOpen Access

Parsing Interactive Social Cognition: Mentalizing Accuracy and Propensity in Dyadic Contexts

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Examines mentalizing accuracy and propensity in dyadic contexts, suggesting social interaction shapes cognitive performance.

The aim is to explore how mentalizing and empathic accuracy vary in social interactions involving close and stranger dyads.
Assessed mentalizing in 50 close dyads and 52 stranger dyads.
Measured empathic accuracy and mind-mindedness in interactions.
Analyzed correlations between partners' empathic accuracy and mind-mindedness.
Empathic accuracy correlated significantly within dyads, indicating it's an interaction property.
Mind-mindedness levels were uncorrelated between partners across both dyad types.
Noninteractive mentalizing accuracy showed no concordance within dyads.

Pradhan et al. (2026) studied this question.

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