… Lesion studies have equally illustrated the role of the PFC in ToM. Rowe, Bullock, Polkey, …
, were recruited for participation in the present study. Etiologies included head injury (patients …

… One problem is that some lesion studies did not have lesions representative of all frontal
regions. In addition, perhaps connected to the first issue, is the relation between “executive” …

… human brain networks mediating emotional processing and theory of mind (ToM). Combining
neuropsychological approach with lesion mapping and normative brain connectome data, …

… Impairment on theory of mind and empathy in … study was to perform a systematic review
of all studies published that have evaluated ToM in stroke survivors considering the lesion …

… : This study compared the performance of patients with predominantly focal lesions in the …
Test, but only patients with predominantly lesions in the ventromedial cortex performed poorly …

… the beliefs of others — the possession of a 'theory of mind', or ToM? Here, we review findings
from imaging and lesion studies indicating that ToM reasoning is supported by a widely …

… older lesion approach, as the effects of a lesion to … studies, an anatomically based group
study approach must use a finer localization grain than that typical of 10 years ago. How lesion …

… specific theory of mind ability. If this is the case, lesion participants in the present study may
… , but smaller focal lesions may potentially produce poor theory of mind performance resulting …

… in theory of mind, showing amygdala activation during a theory of mind task, or showing
impairment on theory of mind tasks … Here, we present the first evidence of theory of mind deficits …

… Yet, as in lesion studies, the imaging data point to involvement of different regions within
the frontal lobes. Thus, using positron emission tomography, both Fletcher et al 15 and Goel et …