The medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) has been posited to serve a variety of social, affective,
and cognitive functions. These conclusions have largely been driven by forward inference …

Visuospatial perspective-taking (VPT) is a process of imagining what can be seen and how
a scene looks from a location and orientation in space that differs from one's own. It …

Human social behaviour crucially depends on our ability to reason about others. This
capacity for theory of mind has a vital role in social cognition because it enables us not only …

Sociality is a defining feature of the human experience: We rely on others to ensure survival
and cooperate in complex social networks to thrive. Are there brain mechanisms that help …

Theories of right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) function in social cognition include self–
other distinction, self-inhibition, or embodied rotation, whereas the dorsomedial prefrontal …

A prominent theory claims that the right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) is especially
associated with embodied processes relevant to perspective-taking. In the present study, we …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 151 (3) of Journal
of Experimental Psychology: General (see record 2022-58534-001). In the article “Visual …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a pervasive developmental disorder with severe
cognitive impairment in social communication and interaction. Previous studies have …

Sex differences in social cognitive ability are well established, including measures of Theory
of Mind (ToM). The aim of this study was to investigate if sex mediates the effects of high …

The neurocognitive bases of social cognition have been framed in terms of representing
others' actions through the mirror system and their mental states via the mentalizing network …