The social mind: disentangling affective and cognitive routes to understanding others

Figures & data

Figure 1. Depiction of events in a trial of the EmpaToM task with an example story and question in the lower row (emotional, ToM condition). Adapted from Kanske, Böckler, et al. (2015).

Figure 2. Schematic of the neural networks supporting empathy, compassion, ToM, and metacognition. Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), anterior insula (AI), Brodmann area 10 (BA10), dorsal/ventral temporoparietal junction (d/vTPJ), medial frontal cortex (MFC), precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex (PRE), striatum (STR), superior temporal sulcus (STS), and temporal poles (TP). Adapted from Kanske, Böckler, and Singer (2017).

Kanske, P., A. Böckler, F. M. Trautwein, and T. Singer. 2015. “Dissecting the Social Brain: Introducing the EmpaToM to Reveal Distinct Neural Networks and Brain–Behavior Relations for Empathy and Theory of Mind.” NeuroImage 122: 6–19. doi:0.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.082 doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.082

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Kanske, P., A. Böckler, and T. Singer. 2017. “Models, Mechanisms and Moderators Dissociating Empathy and Theory of Mind.” Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences 30: 193–206. doi:10.1007/7854_2015_412.

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