The rTPJ's overarching cognitive function in networks for attention and theory of mind.

ABSTRACT: Cortical networks underpinning attentional control and mentalizing converge at the right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ). It is debated whether the rTPJ is fractionated in neighboring, but separate functional modules underpinning attentional control and mentalizing, or whether one overarching cognitive mechanism explains the rTPJ's role in both domains. Addressing this question, we combined attentional control and mentalizing in a factorial design within one task. We added a social context condition, in which another individual's mental states became apparently task-relevant, to a spatial cueing paradigm. This allowed for assessing cue validity- and context-dependent functional activity and effective connectivity of the rTPJ within corresponding cortical networks. We found two discriminabl

SUBMITTER: Schuwerk T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5390694 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature