期刊
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
卷 38, 期 1, 页码 11-21出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00053-6
关键词
medial prefrontal cortex; functional magnetic resonance imaging; theory of mind
Previous functional imaging studies have explored the brain regions activated by tasks requiring 'theory of mind'-the attribution of mental states. Tasks used have been primarily verbal, and it has been unclear to what extent different results have reflected different tasks, scanning techniques, or genuinely distinct regions of activation. Here we report results from a functional magnetic resonance imaging study (fMRI) involving two rather different tasks both designed to tap theory of mind, Brain activation during the theory of mind condition of a story task and a cartoon task showed considerable overlap, specifically in the medial prefrontal cortex (paracingulate cortex). These results are discussed in relation to the cognitive mechanisms underpinning our everyday ability to 'mind-read'. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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