<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>On the nature and role of intersubjectivity in communication</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Maurizio</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Tirassa</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Francesca M.</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Bosco</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>We outline a theory of human agency and communication and discuss the role that the capability to share (that is, intersubjectivity) plays in it. All the notions discussed are cast in a mentalistic and radically constructivist framework. We also introduce and discuss the relevant literature.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Primatology</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Evolutionary Psychology</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Developmental Psychology</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Philosophy of Mind</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Neurolinguistics</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Cognitive Psychology</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Philosophy of Language</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Epistemology</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Psychobiology</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Neuropsychology</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Psycholinguistics</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Evolution</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Pragmatics</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Social Psychology</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Clinical Psychology</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Comparative Psychology</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2008</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Amsterdam: IOS Press</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Book Chapter</mods:genre></mods:mods>