The role of the right temporoparietal junction in social interaction: how low-level computational processes contribute to meta-cognition

Accumulating evidence from cognitive neuroscience indicates that the right inferior parietal cortex, at the junction with the posterior temporal cortex, plays a critical role in various aspects of social cognition such as theory of mind and empathy. With a quantitative meta-analysis of 70 functional...

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Published in:	The Neuroscientist (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 13; no. 6; p. 580
Main Authors:	Decety, Jean, Lamm, Claus
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.12.2007
Subjects:	Attention - physiology Brain Mapping Cognition - physiology Functional Laterality - physiology Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods Interpersonal Relations Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Oxygen - blood Parietal Lobe - blood supply Parietal Lobe - physiology Temporal Lobe - blood supply Temporal Lobe - physiology
ISSN:	1073-8584
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Summary:	Accumulating evidence from cognitive neuroscience indicates that the right inferior parietal cortex, at the junction with the posterior temporal cortex, plays a critical role in various aspects of social cognition such as theory of mind and empathy. With a quantitative meta-analysis of 70 functional neuroimaging studies, the authors demonstrate that this area is also engaged in lower-level (bottom-up) computational processes associated with the sense of agency and reorienting attention to salient stimuli. It is argued that this domain-general computational mechanism is crucial for higher level social cognitive processing.
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ISSN:	1073-8584
DOI:	10.1177/1073858407304654