PMID- 21195194
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110725
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1095-9572 (Electronic)
IS  - 1053-8119 (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 Jun 1
TI  - Common and distinct neural networks for false-belief reasoning and inhibitory 
      control.
PG  - 1705-13
LID - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.052 [doi]
AB  - Ample behavioral evidence has shown that the ability to attribute false beliefs 
      as part of a Theory of Mind (ToM) and the ability to inhibit a prepotent response 
      are strongly correlated in both children and adults. Frequently reported areas 
      associated with both processes are the right temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) and 
      the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC). Nevertheless, the exact nature of the 
      relationship between belief-reasoning and inhibitory control at the neural level 
      remains unclear. A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study was 
      conducted to investigate the neural correlates of belief-reasoning and inhibitory 
      control in a within-subjects design using virtually identical visual stimuli. A 
      false-belief task was used to investigate belief-attribution. The neural 
      correlates of response inhibition were measured using a Go/No-Go task. Besides 
      distinct activation for belief-reasoning and inhibitory control, the results also 
      showed a substantial overlap for both processes in the right superior dorsal 
      MPFC, the right TPJ, the dorsal part of the left TPJ, and lateral prefrontal 
      areas. These findings suggest that the previously described behavioral link 
      between belief attribution and inhibitory control may be explained by a common 
      recruitment of brain areas related to domain-general cognitive processes. Also, 
      the results indicate that neither the right TPJ nor MPFC is specific to the 
      attribution of false beliefs.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2010. Published by Elsevier Inc.
FAU - Rothmayr, Christoph
AU  - Rothmayr C
AD  - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Regensburg, 
      Regensburg, Germany. ch.rothmayr@gmx.de
FAU - Sodian, Beate
AU  - Sodian B
FAU - Hajak, Goran
AU  - Hajak G
FAU - Dohnel, Katrin
AU  - Dohnel K
FAU - Meinhardt, Jorg
AU  - Meinhardt J
FAU - Sommer, Monika
AU  - Sommer M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20101230
PL  - United States
TA  - Neuroimage
JT  - NeuroImage
JID - 9215515
SB  - IM
MH  - Brain/anatomy & histology/physiology
MH  - Cerebral Cortex/anatomy & histology/physiology
MH  - Cognition/physiology
MH  - Data Interpretation, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
MH  - *Inhibition, Psychological
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Processes/*physiology
MH  - Nerve Net/*physiology
MH  - Psychomotor Performance/physiology
MH  - Social Perception
MH  - Theory of Mind/*physiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/01/05 06:00
MHDA- 2011/07/26 06:00
CRDT- 2011/01/04 06:00
PHST- 2010/05/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/12/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/12/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/01/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/01/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/07/26 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1053-8119(10)01652-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.052 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Neuroimage. 2011 Jun 1;56(3):1705-13. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.052. Epub 
      2010 Dec 30.