PMID- 20072709
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20211216
IS  - 1931-7565 (Electronic)
IS  - 1931-7557 (Print)
IS  - 1931-7557 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
DP  - 2009 Mar 1
TI  - Brain Activity Dissociates Mentalization from Motivation During an Interpersonal 
      Competitive Game.
PG  - 24-37
AB  - Studies demonstrating selective brain networks subserving motivation and 
      mentalization (i.e. attributing states of mind to others) during social 
      interactions have not investigated their mutual independence. We report the 
      results of two fMRI studies using a competitive game requiring players to use 
      implicit 'on-line' mentalization simultaneously with motivational processes of 
      gains and losses in playing against a human or a computer opponent. We delineate 
      a network, consisting of bilateral temporoparietal junction, temporal pole (TP), 
      medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and right fusiform gyrus, which is sensitive to 
      the opponent's response (challenging>not challenging the player) and opponent 
      type (human>computer). This network is similar to a known explicit 'off-line' 
      mentalization circuit, suggesting its additional involvement in implicit 
      'on-line' mentalization, a process more applicable to real-life social 
      interactions. Importantly, only MPFC and TP were selective to mentalization 
      compared to motivation, highlighting their specific operation in attributing 
      states of mind to others during social interactions.
FAU - Assaf, Michal
AU  - Assaf M
AD  - Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital, 200 
      Retreat Ave., Hartford, CT 06106, USA.
FAU - Kahn, Itamar
AU  - Kahn I
FAU - Pearlson, Godfrey D
AU  - Pearlson GD
FAU - Johnson, Matthew R
AU  - Johnson MR
FAU - Yeshurun, Yehezkel
AU  - Yeshurun Y
FAU - Calhoun, Vince D
AU  - Calhoun VD
FAU - Hendler, Talma
AU  - Hendler T
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 EB000840-03/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 EB000840-06/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 EB000840/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 EB000840-05/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 EB000840-07/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 EB000840-04/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 EB020407/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 EB000840-02/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 EB000840-01/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 EB006841/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Brain Imaging Behav
JT  - Brain imaging and behavior
JID - 101300405
PMC - PMC2804999
MID - NIHMS163069
EDAT- 2010/01/15 06:00
MHDA- 2010/01/15 06:01
PMCR- 2010/01/12
CRDT- 2010/01/15 06:00
PHST- 2010/01/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/01/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/01/15 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2010/01/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s11682-008-9047-y [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Brain Imaging Behav. 2009 Mar 1;3(1):24-37. doi: 10.1007/s11682-008-9047-y.