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The Neural Basis of Mentalizing
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Mentalizing refers to our ability to read the mental states of other agents and engages many neural processes. The brain's mirror system allows us to share the emotions of others. Through perspective taking, we can infer what a person currently believes about the world given their point of view. Finally, the human brain has the unique ability to represent the mental states of the self and the other and the relationship between these mental states, making possible the communication of ideas.
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“Good ToM performance is predicted with high Φ according to IIT, reflecting strong integration across mPFC, TPJ, STS, and PCC, enabling complex mental state attribution, i.e.,”
From Can "consciousness" be observed from large language model (LLM) internal states? Dissecting LLM representations obtained from Theory of Mind test with Integrated Information Theory and Span Representation analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Frith and Frith, 2006
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“The TPJ is involved in perspective taking (e.g., Aichhorn, Perner, Kronbichler, Staffen, & Ladurner, 2006), in sense of agency (e.g., Decety & Grezes, 2006), and mentalizing (Frith & Frith, 2006).”
From A developmental, mentalization-based approach to the understanding and treatment of borderline personality disorder (2009) · cites this paper as Frith & Frith, 2006
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“The STS is an important brain region within the mentalizing network (24) and is functionally and structurally aberrant in conditions characterized by deficits in social-cognition, such as autism (35).”
From Epigenetic modification of OXT and human sociability (2016) · cites this paper as [24]
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“Indeed, considerable brain imaging research on empathy, largely related to the imitation of others’ emotions using stimuli such as emotional faces, images of others in pain or crying sounds (Fan et al., 2011), has highlighted the functional importance of medial PFC, precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex, temporoparietal junction, and posterior superior temporal sulcus (Frith and Frith, 2006; Mitche”
From The maternal brain and its plasticity in humans (2016) · cites this paper as Frith and Frith, 2006
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“In support of this, a brain network consistently activated during tasks that require mentalizing has emerged, including dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), temporoparietal junction (TPJ), and posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) (Frith and Frith, 2006; Mitchell, 2009).”
From Approaching the biology of human parental attachment: Brain imaging, oxytocin and coordinated assessments of mothers and fathers (2014) · cites this paper as Frith and Frith, 2006
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“and the anterior paracingulate cortex (area 32) has been shown to be selectively activated in tasks that use theory of mind (20, 21).”
From Evolution of increased glia–neuron ratios in the human frontal cortex (2006) · cites this paper as [21]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Frith, C. D., & Frith, U.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Frith, Chris D.
- ORCID
- Frith, Chris D.
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-05
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 531-534
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1968372229
- Cited by
- 1,855
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 115 · 2025: 109 · 2024: 102 · 2023: 103 · 2022: 104 · 2021: 120 · 2020: 127 · 2019: 93 · 2018: 127 · 2017: 100 · 2016: 113 · 2015: 94 · 2014: 94 · 2013: 99 · 2012: 73
- FWCI
- 6.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (vor, 2670 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- Neuron (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- mentalization, theory of mind, mirror system, perspective taking, emotional sharing, mental state representation, neural basis of social cognition, communication of ideas
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Brain Mapping, Emotions, Humans, Mental Processes, Social Behavior
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