The neural correlates of theory of mind within interpersonal interactions Export

@article{citeulike:1099555, abstract = {Tasks that engage a theory of mind seem to activate a consistent set of brain areas. In this study, we sought to determine whether two different interactive tasks, both of which involve receiving consequential feedback from social partners that can be used to infer intent, similarly engaged the putative theory of mind neural network. Participants were scanned using fMRI as they played the Ultimatum Game (UG) and the Prisoner's Dilemma Game (PDG) with both alleged human and computer partners who were outside the scanner. We observed a remarkable degree of overlap in brain areas that activated to partner decisions in the two games, including commonly observed theory of mind areas, as well as several brain areas that have not been reported previously and may relate to immersion of participants in real social interactions that have personally meaningful consequences. Although computer partners elicited activation in some of the same areas activated by human partners, most of these activations were stronger for human partners.}, author = {Rilling, James K. and Sanfey, Alan G. and Aronson, Jessica A. and Nystrom, Leigh E. and Cohen, Jonathan D.}, citeulike-article-id = {1099555}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.04.015}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WNP-4CPVM1T-6/2/8b4c1be39c8f46b971f4672e50cd87f0}, doi = {10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.04.015}, journal = {NeuroImage}, keywords = {tom}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {1694--1703}, posted-at = {2008-02-27 04:00:34}, priority = {2}, title = {The neural correlates of theory of mind within interpersonal interactions}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.04.015}, volume = {22}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1099555 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1099555 N2 - Tasks that engage a theory of mind seem to activate a consistent set of brain areas. In this study, we sought to determine whether two different interactive tasks, both of which involve receiving consequential feedback from social partners that can be used to infer intent, similarly engaged the putative theory of mind neural network. Participants were scanned using fMRI as they played the Ultimatum Game (UG) and the Prisoner's Dilemma Game (PDG) with both alleged human and computer partners who were outside the scanner. We observed a remarkable degree of overlap in brain areas that activated to partner decisions in the two games, including commonly observed theory of mind areas, as well as several brain areas that have not been reported previously and may relate to immersion of participants in real social interactions that have personally meaningful consequences. Although computer partners elicited activation in some of the same areas activated by human partners, most of these activations were stronger for human partners. IS - 4 JF - NeuroImage EP - 1703 TI - The neural correlates of theory of mind within interpersonal interactions VL - 22 SP - 1694 KW - tom AU - Rilling, James AU - Sanfey, Alan AU - Aronson, Jessica AU - Nystrom, Leigh AU - Cohen, Jonathan PY - 2004/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.04.015 ER -