But just as real, Mr. Chu and others said, are the factors that hamstring China: widespread poverty, authoritarian rule, a culture shrouded by decades of isolation and poorly understood intentions.
While most theorists treat intention as an attitude (e.g. Davidson 1978, Harman 1976, Bratman 1986), there has been work on intention influenced by Anscombe and Wittgenstein (Wilson 1989, Thompson 2008) that understands intention fundamentally in terms of intentional action.
Given that the same neurons in the premotor cortex in monkeys fire when monkeys perform hand actions and view hand actions, abbreviated hand actions could be used to communicate and understand intentions to perform specific actions.
Using the same paradigm, Uller found that chimpanzee infants respond at the same rate as human infants, but she suggested that more evidence is required before claiming that chimpanzees understand intentions (Uller 2004).
Specifically, the anterior MFC (aMFC) has been linked to processes associated with mentalizing, that is, the ability to understand intentions and goals as entertained by others [4], [6].
According to current theories of the organization of goal directed behaviors, the ability to understand intentions emerges from a cascade of decoding operations within a representational hierarchy [3], [4].
The infant can then use this social context to develop a wide array of skills (e.g., to learn words, interpret facial expressions, and understand intentions).
Torre said he thought Williams understood the intention of his message.
He didn't quite understand the words, but he understood her intention – and her teachers and I had quite the laugh.
A lot of people liked this idea, understood the intention and found it fun.
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