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- Title
Left temporoparietal junction is necessary for representing someone else's belief.
- Authors
Samson, Dana; Apperly, Ian A; Chiavarino, Claudia; Humphreys, Glyn W
- 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.
- Publication
Nature neuroscience, 2004, Vol 7, Issue 5, p499
- ISSN
1097-6256
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nn1223