PMID- 17669444
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071213
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 0028-3932 (Print)
IS  - 0028-3932 (Linking)
VI  - 45
IP  - 13
DP  - 2007 Oct 1
TI  - The intentional network: how the brain reads varieties of intentions.
PG  - 3105-13
AB  - Social neuroscience provides insights into the neural correlates of the human 
      capacity to explain and predict other people's intentions, a capacity that lies 
      at the core of the Theory of Mind (ToM) mechanism. Results from neuroimaging 
      research describe a widely distributed neural system underlying ToM, including 
      the right and left temporo-parietal junctions (TPJ), the precuneus, and the 
      medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC). Nevertheless, there is disagreement in the 
      literature concerning the key region for the ToM network. Some authors point to 
      the MPFC, others to the right TPJ. In the effort to make a contribution to the 
      debate, we propose a model of a dynamic ToM network consisting of four regions. 
      We also introduce a novel theoretical distinction among varieties of intention, 
      which differ by the nature of an individual's pursued goal (private or social) 
      and by the social interaction's temporal dimension (present or future). Our 
      results confirm the crucial role of both the MPFC and the right TPJ, but show 
      that these areas are differentially engaged depending on the nature of the 
      intention involved. Whereas the right TPJ and the precuneus are necessary for 
      processing all types of prior intentions, the left TPJ and the anterior 
      paracingulate cortex are specifically involved in the understanding of social 
      intention. More specifically, the left TPJ is activated only when a subset of 
      social intentions are involved (communicative intentions). Taken together, these 
      results demonstrate the progressive recruitment of the ToM network along the 
      theoretical dimensions introduced in the present paper.
FAU - Ciaramidaro, A
AU  - Ciaramidaro A
AD  - Department of Psychology, Center for Cognitive Science, University of Turin, via 
      Po 14, 10123 Turin, Italy.
FAU - Adenzato, M
AU  - Adenzato M
FAU - Enrici, I
AU  - Enrici I
FAU - Erk, S
AU  - Erk S
FAU - Pia, L
AU  - Pia L
FAU - Bara, B G
AU  - Bara BG
FAU - Walter, H
AU  - Walter H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20070608
PL  - England
TA  - Neuropsychologia
JT  - Neuropsychologia
JID - 0020713
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - *Brain Mapping
MH  - Comprehension/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Intention
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Male
MH  - Models, Neurological
MH  - Nerve Net/physiology
MH  - Parietal Lobe/*physiology
MH  - Prefrontal Cortex/physiology
MH  - Psychological Theory
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - *Social Perception
MH  - Temporal Lobe/*physiology
EDAT- 2007/08/03 09:00
MHDA- 2007/12/14 09:00
CRDT- 2007/08/03 09:00
PHST- 2006/10/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/05/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/05/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/08/03 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/12/14 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/08/03 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0028-3932(07)00203-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.05.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Neuropsychologia. 2007 Oct 1;45(13):3105-13. doi: 
      10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.05.011. Epub 2007 Jun 8.