Distinct regions of right temporo-parietal junction are selective for theory of mind and exogenous attention

In functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, a cortical region in the right temporo-parietal junction (RTPJ) is recruited when participants read stories about people's thoughts (‘Theory of Mind’). Both fMRI and lesion studies suggest that a region near the RTPJ is associated with at...

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Main Authors: Triantafyllou, Christina, Brown, Emery N., Whitfield-Gabrieli, Susan, Scholz, Jonathan, Saxe, Rebecca R.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58551
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-1791
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-7819