Week 8 (The Social Brain) Flashcards

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What is the theory of the mind

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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

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Theory of mind brain regions tasks

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

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Theory of mind story

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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

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