Abstract
Recent social neuroscientific evidence indicates that implicit and explicit inferences on the mind of another person (i.e., intentions, attributions or traits), are subserved by a shared mentalizing network. Under both implicit and explicit instructions, ERP studies reveal that early inferences occur at about the same time, and fMRI studies demonstrate an overlap in core mentalizing areas, including the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). These results suggest a rapid shared implicit intuition followed by a slower explicit verification processes (as revealed by additional brain activation during explicit vs. implicit inferences). These data provide support for a default-adjustment dual-process framework of social mentalizing.
Highlights
Tell me what you did today, and I’ll tell what you want and who you are
The results reveal that goal inferences are faster than trait inferences, consistent with the proposition by Van Overwalle (2009) that goals involve a quick evaluation of the here-and- by the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ), while traits reflect slower abstractions by the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) extracted from behaviors identified in the TPJ
Previous neuroscientific research has demonstrated that understanding of another persons’ mind involves both implicit and explicit processes located in the mentalizing network (e.g., Keysers and Gazzola, 2007)
Summary
Implicit and explicit social mentalizing: dual processes driven by a shared neural network. Recent social neuroscientific evidence indicates that implicit and explicit inferences on the mind of another person (i.e., intentions, attributions or traits), are subserved by a shared mentalizing network Under both implicit and explicit instructions, ERP studies reveal that early inferences occur at about the same time, and fMRI studies demonstrate an overlap in core mentalizing areas, including the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). These results suggest a rapid shared implicit intuition followed by a slower explicit verification processes (as revealed by additional brain activation during explicit vs implicit inferences). These data provide support for a default-adjustment dual-process framework of social mentalizing
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