Making sense of another mind: The role of the right temporo-parietal junction
Making sense of another mind: The role of the right temporo-parietal junction
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DOI：
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.02.013
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
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影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Wexler, A
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作者：
Saxe, R;Wexler, A
成年人将彼此视为有思想的存在，并将感知、欲望和信仰等精神状态归因于彼此。也就是说，我们使用“心理理论”来理解他人。目前的研究调查了四个大脑区域对心理理论推理的贡献。右颞顶叶交界处（RTPJ）被选择性地招募的精神状态的归因，而不是其他社会相关的事实，一个人，和RTPJ的反应调制的一致性或不一致性的多个相关事实的目标的想法。其他三个通常与心理理论推理有关的大脑区域--左颞顶交界区（LTPJ）、后扣带回（PC）和内侧前额叶皮层（MPFC）--都没有表现出同样的选择性反应。这些结果的影响，为其他思想的推理理论-模拟理论-进行了讨论。(c)2005爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Human adults conceive of one another as beings with minds, and attribute to one another mental states like perceptions, desires and beliefs. That is, we understand other people using a 'Theory of Mind'. The current study investigated the contributions of four brain regions to Theory of Mind reasoning. The right temporo-parietal junction (RTPJ) was recruited selectively for the attribution of mental states, and not for other socially relevant facts about a person, and the response of the RTPJ was modulated by the congruence or incongruence of multiple relevant facts about the target's mind. None of the other three brain regions commonly implicated in Theory of Mind reasoning - the left temporo-parietal junction (LTPJ), posterior cingulate (PC) and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) - showed an equally selective profile of response. The implications of these results for an alternative theory of reasoning about other minds - Simulation Theory - are discussed. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.