The frontal lobes are necessary for `theory of mind'
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The frontal lobes are necessary for 'theory of mind'.
Patients with limited focal frontal and nonfrontal lesions were tested for visual perspective taking and detecting deception. Frontal lobe lesions impaired the ability to infer mental states in others, with dissociation of performance within the frontal lobes. Lesions throughout the frontal lobe, with some suggestion of a more important role for the right frontal lobe, were associated with impa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1460-2156
DOI: 10.1093/brain/124.2.279