Left temporoparietal junction is necessary for representing someone else's belief

Dana Samson; Ian A. Apperly; Claudia Chiavarino; Glyn W. Humphreys

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Left temporoparietal junction is necessary for representing someone else's belief

Dana Samson^*, Ian A. Apperly, Claudia Chiavarino, Glyn W. Humphreys

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Abstract

A standard view in the neuroscience literature is that the frontal lobes sustain our ability to process others' mental states such as beliefs, intentions and desires (this ability is often referred to as having 'theory of mind'). Here we report evidence from brain-damaged patients showing that, in addition to involvement of the frontal lobes, the left temporoparietal junction is necessary for reasoning about the beliefs of others.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	499-500
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Neuroscience
Volume	7
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1223
Publication status	Published - May 2004

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