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Functional imaging of ‘theory of mind’
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Our ability to explain and predict other people's behaviour by attributing to them independent mental states, such as beliefs and desires, is known as having a 'theory of mind'. Interest in this very human ability has engendered a growing body of evidence concerning its evolution and development and the biological basis of the mechanisms underpinning it. Functional imaging has played a key role in seeking to isolate brain regions specific to this ability. Three areas are consistently activated in association with theory of mind. These are the anterior paracingulate cortex, the superior temporal sulci and the temporal poles bilaterally. This review discusses the functional significance of each of these areas within a social cognitive network.
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“According to some authors, mentalizing is a high-level mental process that is subserved mainly by cortical midline structures, especially the mPFC [e.g., Amodio and Frith, 2006; Gallagher and Frith, 2003].”
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“Emotional response is associated with the bilateral temporoparietal junction (TPJ), which plays a significant role in the process of belief attribution in moral judgments (Ruby and Decety, 2001; Vogeley et al., 2001; Gallagher and Frith, 2003; Schleim et al., 2010; Mai et al., 2016).”
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“that has been proposed to encode the intentions of an agent's actions (42,43) and also to be associated more broadly with empathy, mentalizing, and theory of mind (44,45).”
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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).”
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“the obtained network is likely to be implicated in the recognition and processing of others’ mental states”
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“The RTPJ appears to be strongly connected to other regions implicated in mental state attribution (4, 13, 28–30) and moral cognition (16, 19, 31–34), such as the left TPJ, precuneus, and medial prefrontal cortex.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gallagher, H. L., & Frith, C. D.
- Affiliations
- Glasgow Caledonian University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Gallagher, Helen L.
- ORCID
- Gallagher, Helen L.
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-02
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 77-83
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2136162329
- Semantic Scholar
- e4361aa8829cf1bcaac53c54b1ebad4b95e6cf65
- Cited by
- 2,092
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 32 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 75 · 2022: 73 · 2021: 109 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 73 · 2018: 85 · 2017: 95 · 2016: 102 · 2015: 95 · 2014: 115 · 2013: 132 · 2012: 114
- FWCI
- 16.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- ResearchOnline (Glasgow Caledonian University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- theory of mind, mental state attribution, social cognition, superior temporal sulcus, temporal pole, brain regions, functional imaging
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