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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages 151-155Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00137
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theory of mind; brain imaging; paracingulate sulcus; temporo-parietal junction
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The fact that brain disorder can impair social interactions different ways suggests that social competence has multiple components that have foundations in brain systems. The physiological basis of one as 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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