Theory of Mind for you, and for me: behavioral and neural similarities and differences in thinking about beliefs of the self and other.
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Do we have privileged access to our own mental states, or do we use the same mechanism for thinking about our own minds as we do for thinking about the minds of others? This study featured a task that either induced true and false beliefs in participants or allowed participants to witness another person’s true and false beliefs. Later we measured participants ’ ability to recall their own and others ’ beliefs, and the recruitment of brain regions for these processes. We found that participants were worse at recalling their own versus others ’ beliefs, and that brain regions usually associated with ToM tasks were recruited when participants thought about their own beliefs.
Authors: Hyowon Gweon, Liane Young, Rebecca Saxe
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2574056273