Social cognition is a topic of enormous interest and much research, but we are far from
having an agreed taxonomy or factor structure of relevant processes. The aim of this review …

Current researchers mostly agree that the self consists of both bodily and non-bodily
environmental information. The neural mechanism underlying the integration of this …

Generous behaviour is known to increase happiness, which could thereby motivate
generosity. In this study, we use functional magnetic resonance imaging and a public pledge …

Automatic imitation is the finding that movement execution is facilitated by compatible and
impeded by incompatible observed movements. In the past 15 years, automatic imitation has …

Being able to discriminate between what originates from ourselves and what originates from
others is critical for efficient interactions with our social environment. However, it remains an …

Experimental and theoretical studies have tried to gain insights into the involvement of the
Temporal Parietal Junction (TPJ) in a broad range of cognitive functions like memory …

Gender differences in social cognition are a long discussed issue, in particular those
concerning Theory of Mind (ToM), ie, the ability to explain and predict other people's mental …

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an increasingly popular noninvasive
neuromodulatory tool in the fields of cognitive and clinical neuroscience and psychiatry. It is …

Educational diversity is defined as the diversity of educational backgrounds measured by
multiple subjects. This study aimed to unveil the interpersonal neural correlates that underlie …

The most dominant theory of human social cognition, the theory of mind hypothesis,
emphasizes our ability to infer the mental states of others. After having represented the …