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Administering false belief tasks while simultaneously scanning the brain and pinpointing which regions are active has led researchers to identify the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and temporo-parietal junction (TPJ), among a few other regions, as the main structures that are responsible for theory of mind. Castelli, F., Frith, C., Happé, F., & Frith, U. (2002). Autism, Asperger syndrome and brain mechanisms for the attribution of mental states to animated shapes. Brain, 125 (8), 1839-1849. People with in-depth product knowledge and a real passion for hair and beauty at any 260+stores across the UK and Ireland. Whereas with Australian participants from a more individualist culture, knowledge access was understood after comprehending that others have diverse beliefs. Research studies also examine the role other brain regions play in theory of mind. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), the area that covers part of the frontal lobe, is responsible for predicting behavioral and emotional consequences of mental states (Aichhorn et al., 2006).

Experimenters ask children to predict another child’s perception of the contents of a box that looks as though it holds a candy called “Smarties” (that actually includes a pencil) (Gopnik & Astington, 1988). Aunt Sally is played in the British detective television series Midsomer Murders in episode 5 of series 4, "Dark Autumn", and episode 1 of series 22, “The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy”Some began to believe that by carving a likeness of the baby into a gourd and leaving it on the porch would protect them from Satan’s child.

For example, bridging attention and intentionality, imitation can result when a child realizes that others direct their attention (to an object, etc.) and do so intentionally (motivated by goal-directed behavior). Understanding “thinking”: The second step is the understanding that others also have diverse beliefs about the same thing and that people’s actions are based on what they think is going to happen. This involves recognizing that seeing is not merely looking; rather, we can selectively direct our attention to specific objects and people (Baron-Cohen, 1991). A key example of this attention is joint attention.All participants understood that the marble had been stolen and was in Anne's basket. But there were major group differences when asked where Sally would look when she returned. While the majority of the typically developing kids and those with Down's syndrome correctly responded that Sally would peek in her own basket, 80% of the autistic children responded incorrectly. And it wasn't that they simply pointed to a random location in space; they all pointed straight at Anne's basket, where the marble truly rested. They seemed to assume that Sally's perspective on the world mirrored their own. The researchers concluded, at least tentatively, that autism in young children involved an inability to represent the mental states of others, at least when those mental states contradict reality. Predicting behavior: A child expects a friend to look for a missing toy in the last place they left it, showing an understanding of the friend’s beliefs and intentions. Thus, can a child understand that another person’s belief about a situation can be different from their own and also from reality? A 2007 meta-analysis (an analysis that combines the results of multiple empirical studies) reveals a stable deficit of theory of mind in people with schizophrenia, as evidenced by their consistent, poor performance on false belief tasks (Sprong et al., 2007). Children noticed the doll in the attic window and became weary of it, claiming its expression would change.