The Default Mode Network and Social Understanding of Others: What do Brain Connectivity Studies Tell Us

The Default Mode Network (DMN) has been found to be involved in various domains of cognitive and social processing. The present article will review brain connectivity results related to the DMN in the fields of social understanding of others: emotion perception, empathy, theory of mind, and moralit...

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Main Authors: Wanqing eLi, Xiaoqin eMai, Chao eLiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00074/full