Abstract Information processing in specialized, spatially distributed brain networks underlies
the diversity and complexity of our cognitive and behavioral repertoire. Networks converge …

The right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) is frequently associated with different capacities
that to shift attention to unexpected stimuli (reorienting of attention) and to understand …

The supervisory attentional system has been proposed to mediate non-routine, goal-
oriented behaviour by guiding the selection and maintenance of the goal-relevant task …

The cognitive system has the capacity to learn and make use of environmental regularities–
known as statistical learning (SL), including for the implicit guidance of attention. For …

Empathy is a multi-faceted construct with important implications for social behavior. Based
on a selective review of the neuroscientific evidence collected in humans, the present paper …

Neuroscientific research has identified two fundamental components of empathy: shared
emotional representations between self and other, and self–other distinction. The concept of …

In 1975, Colwyn Trevarthen first presented his groundbreaking explorations into the early
origins of human intersubjectivity. His influential model dictates that, during intimate and …

While the discussion on the foundations of social understanding mainly revolves around the
notions of empathy, affective mentalizing, and cognitive mentalizing, their degree of overlap …

Neuroimaging studies of mentalizing (ie, theory of mind) consistently implicate the default
mode network (DMN). Nevertheless, the social cognitive functions of individual DMN regions …

Self-regulation refers to controlling our emotions and actions in the pursuit of higher-order
goals. Although research suggests commonalities in the cognitive control of emotion and …