Week 8 (The Social Brain)

Question 1

What is the theory of the mind

Answer 1

Understanding the mental states of others
-Intentions
-Desires
-Knowledge
-Beliefs

-Understanding that other’s minds and mental states differ from ones own
-Capacity to infer what others are thinking

Question 2

Theory of mind brain regions tasks

Answer 2

-Participants in an fMRI scanner
-Look at story and answer the question
-Look at cartoon and consider the meaning

Question 3

Theory of mind story

Answer 3

Theory of mind
-Significant activations in the mPFC, the temporal poles bilaterally and the TPJ bilaterally

Non Theory of Mind
-Significant activations in the temporal poles bilaterally and the TPJ bilaterally