Recent studies have begun to elucidate the roles played in social cognition by specific
neural structures, genes, and neurotransmitter systems. Cortical regions in the temporal lobe …

The ability to “mentalize,” that is to understand and manipulate other people's behavior in
terms of their mental states, is a major ingredient in successful social interactions. A …

Most of us laugh at something funny multiple times during a typical day. Humor serves
multiple purposes, and although there is a sizable and expanding research literature on the …

Theory of mind, or" mindreading" as it is termed in this book, is the ability to think about
beliefs, desires, knowledge and intentions. It has been studied extensively by …

There is disagreement in the literature about the exact nature of the phenomenon of
empathy. There are emotional, cognitive, and conditioning views, applying in varying …

Humans are exceedingly social animals, but the neural underpinnings of social cognition
and behavior are not well understood. Studies in humans and other primates have pointed …

Previous functional imaging studies have explored the brain regions activated by tasks
requiring 'theory of mind'—the attribution of mental states. Tasks used have been primarily …

Socio-cognitive skills are crucial for successful interpersonal interactions. Two particularly
important socio-cognitive processes are emotion perception (EP) and theory of mind (ToM) …

Theory of Mind (ToM), the ability to attribute mental states to others, and empathy, the ability
to infer emotional experiences, are important processes in social cognition. Brain imaging …

Human self-consciousness as the metarepresentation of ones own mental states and the so-
called theory of mind (TOM) capacity, which requires the ability to model the mental states of …