The role of the right temporoparietal junction in attention and social interaction as revealed by ALE meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) is frequently associated with different capacities that to shift attention to unexpected stimuli (reorienting of attention) and to understand others' (false) mental state [theory of mind (ToM), typically represented by false belief tasks]. Competing hypotheses either suggest the rTPJ representing a unitary region involved in separate cognitive functions or consisting of subregions subserving distinct processes. We conducted activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analyses to test these hypotheses. A conjunction analysis across ALE meta-analyses delineating regions consistently recruited by reorienting of attention and false belief studies revealed the anterior rTPJ, suggesting an overarching role of this specific region. Moreover, the anatomica

SUBMITTER: Krall SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4791048 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature