TY - JOUR
T1 - The Neural and Cognitive Time Course of Theory of Mind
AU - McCleery, Joseph
AU - Surtees, Andrew
AU - Graham, Katharine
AU - Richards, JE
AU - Apperly, Ian
PY - 2011/9/1
Y1 - 2011/9/1
N2 - Neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies implicate both frontal and temporoparietal cortices when humans reason about the mental states of others. Here, we report an event-related potentials study of the time course of one such "theory of mind" ability: visual perspective taking. The findings suggest that posterior cortex, perhaps the temporoparietal cortex, calculates and represents the perspective of self versus other, and then, later, the right frontal cortex resolves conflict between perspectives during response selection.
AB - Neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies implicate both frontal and temporoparietal cortices when humans reason about the mental states of others. Here, we report an event-related potentials study of the time course of one such "theory of mind" ability: visual perspective taking. The findings suggest that posterior cortex, perhaps the temporoparietal cortex, calculates and represents the perspective of self versus other, and then, later, the right frontal cortex resolves conflict between perspectives during response selection.
U2 - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1392-11.2011
DO - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1392-11.2011
M3 - Article
C2 - 21900563
SN - 1529-2401
VL - 31
SP - 12849
EP - 12854
JO - The Journal of Neuroscience
JF - The Journal of Neuroscience
IS - 36
ER -