Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6034477 NeuroImage 2011 11 Pages PDF
Abstract
►The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is activated mainly when cognitive reasoning tasks include content about agency and mind of self or other people. ►The mPFC is activated less when no or little such mentalizing content is contained in cognitive reasoning tasks. ►Social and cognitive reasoning are subserved by different brain areas: the medial and lateral PFC respectively.
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