Thinking of mental and other representations: The roles of left and right temporo-parietal junction

By Josef Perner, Markus Aichhorn, Martin Kronbichler, Wolfgang Staffen, Gunther Ladurner. 2006

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Theory of Mind: A Neural Prediction Problem (2013, positive): “Among other regions, a brain region posterior to the superior temporal sulcus, in the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ), shows a robust responses while thinking about an individual’s beliefs and desires (Saxe and Kanwisher, 2003; Young and Saxe, 2009a; Aichhorn et al., 2009; Perner et al., 2006).”
Are there theory of mind regions in the brain? A review of the neuroimaging literature (2009, background): “Based on the suggestion that the TPJ might be involved in computation of mental states that create perspective differences [Perner et al., 2006], Sommer et al.”
The neural bases of social cognition and story comprehension. (2011, background): “A parallel procedure was followed to gather neuroimaging studies on narrative comprehension, using the keywords “neuroimaging” <OR> “fMRI” <OR> “PET” <AND> “narrative∗” <OR> “story” <OR> “discourse” <AND> “comprehension.””
Temporo-parietal Junction Activity in Theory-of-Mind Tasks: Falseness, Beliefs, or Attention (2009, methodology): “Objective 2 was to provide support for the claim by Saxe and Kanwisher (2003) that the TPJ-R is especially associated with computing mental states, such as FBs, by replicating the finding that FB vignettes activate more strongly than FS and PH vignettes in the TPJ-R (Perner et al., 2006).”
Merging second-person and first-person neuroscience (2013, unknown): “2001), or folk psychological narrative (Perner et al. 2006; Saxe & Kanwisher 2003); a default mode (e.”
Innocent intentions: a correlation between forgiveness for accidental harm and neural activity. (2009, background): “, Mitchell, Macrae, & Banaji, 2006; Saxe & Wexler, 2005), the RTPJ may be more selective for representing beliefs both in non-moral contexts for the purpose of predicting and explaining behavior (e.g., Saxe & Powell, 2006; Perner et al., 2006) and for moral judgment (Young & Saxe, 2008).”
Ventromedial prefrontal volume predicts understanding of others and social network size (2011, background): “, 2004) and text-based stories (Perner et al., 2006; Saxe, 2006; Saxe and Kanwisher, 2003; Saxe and Powell, 2006).”
False-belief understanding in infants (2010, unknown): “Neuroscience findings suggest that (1) the right temporoparietal junction plays an important role in the false-belief-representation process [30-33]; (2) regions of the anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex play an important role in the responseselection process [34-37]; and (3) the connections b”
What gets the attention of the temporo-parietal junction? An fMRI investigation of attention and theory of mind. (2010, unknown): “Previous neuroimaging studies have suggested that the TPJ is recruited selectively for mental states over physical states (Perner et al., 2006; Saxe & Kanwisher, 2003), other socially relevant information such as physical traits or internal bodily sensations (Saxe & Powell, 2006), and the positive o”
When Mental States Matter, When They Don't, and What That Means for Morality (2013, background): “Much of our own work has targeted the role of one key region, the RTPJ (Perner et al., 2006; Saxe & Kanwisher, 2003), for moral cognition (Young et al.”