tomsup 👍 Theory of Mind Simulation using Python

A Python Package for Agent Based simulations. The package provides a computational eco-system for investigating and comparing computational models of hypothesized Theory of mind (ToM) mechanisms and for using them as experimental stimuli. The package notably includes an easy-to-use implementation of the variational Bayesian $k$-ToM model developed by Devaine, et al. (2017). This model has been shown able to capture individual and group-level differences in social skills, including between clinical populations and across primate species. It has also been deemed among the best computational models of ToM in terms of interaction with others and recursive representation of mental states. We provide a series of tutorials on how to implement the $k$-ToM model and a score of simpler types of ToM mechanisms in game theory based simulations and experimental stimuli, including how to specify custom ToM models, and show examples of how resulting data can be analyzed.

🔧 Setup and installation

tomsup supports Python 3.6 or later. We strongly recommend that you install tomsup from pip. If you haven't installed pip you can install it from the official pip website, otherwise simply run

pip3 install tomsup 

You can also install it directly from github by simply running:

pip install git+https://github.com/KennethEnevoldsen/tomsup.git

or more explicitly:

git clone https://github.com/KennethEnevoldsen/tomsup.git
cd tomsup
pip3 install -e .

Getting Started with tomsup

To get started with tomsup we recommend the tutorials in the tutorials folder. We recommend that you start with the introduction.

The tutorials are provided as Jupyter Notebooks. If you do not have Jupyter Notebook installed, instructions for installing and running can be found here.

❓ Issues and Usage Q&A

To ask questions, report issues or request features, please use the GitHub Issue Tracker.

Using this Work

License

tomsup is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

Citing

If you use this work please cite:

@article{enevoldsen2020tomsup,
  title={tomsup: An implementation of computational Theory of Mind in Python},
  author={Enevoldsen, Kenneth C and Waade, Peter Thestrup},
  year={2020},
  publisher={PsyArXiv}
}