The Biological Basis of Social Interaction

Frith, Uta; Frith, Chris

doi:10.1111/1467-8721.00137

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The Biological Basis of Social Interaction

Frith, Uta, Frith, Chris·2001·Current Directions in Psychological Science

DOI 10.1111/1467-8721.00137

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The fact that brain disorder can impair social interactions in different ways suggests that social competence has multiple components that have foundations in brain systems. The physiological basis of one aspect of social cognition, theory of mind, is just beginning to be understood. Brain-imaging studies suggest that a network of areas linking medial prefrontal and temporal cortex forms the neural substrate of mentalizing, that is, representing one's own and other people's mental states. The medial prefrontal areas are prominent also in tasks that involve self-monitoring, whereas the temporal regions are prominent also in tasks that involve the representation of goals of actions. We speculate that the precursors of mentalizing ability derive from a brain system that evolved for representing agents and actions, and the relationships between them.

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Mentalizing about similar versus dissimilar others is associated with a distinct division of labor in medial prefrontal cortex: a dorsal aspect for dissimilar others and a more ventral aspect (vMPFC) for similar others.
“Specifically, a dorsal aspect of the medial prefrontal cortex has been associated with mentalizing about people perceived to be dissimilar from oneself, whereas a more ventral aspect of medial prefrontal cortex (vMPFC) has been linked to mentalizing about those perceived to be similar.”
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Authors: Frith, U., & Frith, C.
Affiliations: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
ORCID: Frith, Chris
Venue: Current Directions in Psychological Science
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2001-10
Volume: 10
Issue: 5
Pages: 151-155
ISSN: 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
1467-8721
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00137
OpenAlex: W2131884197
Cited by: 376
References: 15
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 22
FWCI: 16.85
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Current Directions in Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (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: social cognition, theory of mind, mentalization, social competence, brain disorders, medial prefrontal cortex, temporal cortex, self-monitoring, goal representation, action representation, neural correlates, evolution of social cognition

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