Brain areas in social cognition

Question 1

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Answer 1

planning, cognitive control,
working memory.

Question 2

ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

Answer 2

similar to dlPFC, although different aspects of planning and attention are involved.

Question 3

orbitofrontal cortex

Answer 3

involved in value representation and as such in selecting context
appropriate actions.

Question 4

ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Answer 4

representation and processing of self-referential
information

Question 5

Posterior cingulate cortex

Answer 5

key area of the default mode network. pain processing,
monitoring internal states.

Question 6

Anterior cingulate cortex

Answer 6

error detection, rule selection, social evaluation, reward
anticipation, positive self esteem

Question 7

superior temporal sulcus

Answer 7

various multimodal functions, attention, tracking of ‘others’
actions/intention

Question 8

fusiform face area

Answer 8

High level face processing, facial recognition

Question 9

temporoparietal junction

Answer 9

theory of mind, attentional switching, false belief.

Question 10

medial parietal cortex

Answer 10

part of the default mode network

Question 11

inferior parietal

Answer 11

perception of emotion in facial stimuli. interpretation of sensory
information, language, body image

Question 12

precuneus

Answer 12

self referential processing and episodic memory

Question 13

retrosplenial cortex

Answer 13

memory, imagining future events in the visual domain, spatial
navigation.

Question 14

insula cortex

Answer 14

representations of internal states

Question 15

nucleus accumbens

Answer 15

reward processing