Cooperation and deception recruit different subsets of the theory-of-mind network.

The term "theory of mind" (ToM) describes an evolved psychological mechanism that is necessary to represent intentions and expectations in social interaction. It is thus involved in determining the proclivity of others to cooperate or defect. While in cooperative settings between two parti...

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Main Authors: Silke Lissek, Sören Peters, Nina Fuchs, Henning Witthaus, Volkmar Nicolas, Martin Tegenthoff, Georg Juckel, Martin Brüne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18431500/?tool=EBI