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Theory of Mind Performance in Children Correlates with Functional Specialization of a Brain Region for Thinking about Thoughts
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Gweon, Hyowon; Dodell-Feder, David; Bedny, Marina; Saxe, Rebecca – Child Development, 2012
Thinking about other people's thoughts recruits a specific group of brain regions, including the temporo-parietal junctions (TPJ), precuneus (PC), and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC). The same brain regions were recruited when children (N = 20, 5-11 years) and adults (N = 8) listened to descriptions of characters' mental states, compared to…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Theory of Mind, Children, Specialization