自我和他人的协调与心理理论的神经机制

有关心理理论神经机制的研究远未达到共识。从自我与他人协调的角度看，可认为它是一个由多脑区有机组织而成的系统。自我中心化偏差是人类认知的一种默认选择，要正确理解他人的心理状态，需要抑制自我中心偏差。因此，心理理论的加工至少包括以下几个不同的过程：通过模拟自我理解他人，相应的加工脑区为镜像神经元系统；从他人与客体形成的二元关系中表征心理状态的内容，相应脑区是颞顶联合区；对模拟自我进行抑制，相应脑区为背外侧额叶；以及整合协调以上几个过程，其脑区可能是内侧前额叶

Neural Mechanism at the Self-Others Coordination in Theory of Mind

Abstract: The neural mechanism in Theory of Mind has not yet led to a consensus. However, if we examine it from the self-others coordination, we could regard it as a systematical functions on multiple brain areas. As egocentrism bias is a default mode of the human cognition, inhibition would be necessary for appropriate attribution to the others’ mental state. Hence, at least the following four processes are needed: a) simulation would be made by the mirror neuron system when the mental state between the self and the others is consistent; b) representation generated about the mental state which based on the others-objects dyadic relationship is responded to the temporoparietal junction; c) the inhibition to simulation would be functioned by the dorsolateral frontal lobe; d) and the coordination of all above processes would be purposed by the medial prefrontal cortex