Common brain areas engaged in false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies.
We performed a quantitative meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies to identify brain areas which are commonly engaged in social and visuo-spatial perspective taking. Specifically, we compared brain activation found for visual-perspective taking to activation for false belief reasoning, a t...
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| author | Matthias eSchurz Markus eAichhorn Anna eMartin Josef ePerner |
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| description | We performed a quantitative meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies to identify brain areas which are commonly engaged in social and visuo-spatial perspective taking. Specifically, we compared brain activation found for visual-perspective taking to activation for false belief reasoning, a task which requires awareness of perspective to understand someone’s mistaken belief about the world which contrasts with reality. In support of a previous account by Perner & Leekam (2008), a meta-analytic conjunction analysis found activation for false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking in the left but not the right dorsal temporo-parietal junction. This fits with the idea that the left dorsal TPJ is responsible for representing different perspectives in a domain-general fashion. Moreover, the conjunction found activation in the precuneus and the left middle occipital gyrus close to the putative Extrastriate Body Area. The precuneus is linked to mental-imagery processes, which may aid in the construction of a different perspective. The Extrastriate Body Area may be engaged due to imagined body-transformations when another’s viewpoint is adopted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce3a1051b7264bd8a8a4c9ce86d717f82022-12-21T22:54:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612013-11-01710.3389/fnhum.2013.0071262840Common brain areas engaged in false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies.Matthias eSchurz0Markus eAichhorn1Anna eMartin2Josef ePerner3Paris-Lodron University of SalzburgParis-Lodron University of SalzburgUniversity of SalzburgParis-Lodron University of SalzburgWe performed a quantitative meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies to identify brain areas which are commonly engaged in social and visuo-spatial perspective taking. Specifically, we compared brain activation found for visual-perspective taking to activation for false belief reasoning, a task which requires awareness of perspective to understand someone’s mistaken belief about the world which contrasts with reality. In support of a previous account by Perner & Leekam (2008), a meta-analytic conjunction analysis found activation for false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking in the left but not the right dorsal temporo-parietal junction. This fits with the idea that the left dorsal TPJ is responsible for representing different perspectives in a domain-general fashion. Moreover, the conjunction found activation in the precuneus and the left middle occipital gyrus close to the putative Extrastriate Body Area. The precuneus is linked to mental-imagery processes, which may aid in the construction of a different perspective. The Extrastriate Body Area may be engaged due to imagined body-transformations when another’s viewpoint is adopted.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00712/fullTheory of MindNeuroimaging Meta-analysisfalse beliefVisual Perspective Takingtemporo-parietal junction. |
| spellingShingle | Matthias eSchurz Markus eAichhorn Anna eMartin Josef ePerner Common brain areas engaged in false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Theory of Mind Neuroimaging Meta-analysis false belief Visual Perspective Taking temporo-parietal junction. |
| title | Common brain areas engaged in false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies. |
| title_full | Common brain areas engaged in false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies. |
| title_fullStr | Common brain areas engaged in false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Common brain areas engaged in false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies. |
| title_short | Common brain areas engaged in false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies. |
| title_sort | common brain areas engaged in false belief reasoning and visual perspective taking a meta analysis of functional brain imaging studies |
| topic | Theory of Mind Neuroimaging Meta-analysis false belief Visual Perspective Taking temporo-parietal junction. |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00712/full |
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