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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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  1. Baron-Cohen S., 2000, Understanding other minds: Perspective from developmental neuroscience
  2. Frith C.D., 2000, Understanding other minds: Perspective from developmental neuroscience, 335

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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
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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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