2002
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1247
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What Does the Frontomedian Cortex Contribute to Language Processing: Coherence or Theory of Mind?

Abstract: The frontomedian cortex (FMC) has been shown to be important for coherence processes in language comprehension, i.e., for establishing the pragmatic connection between successively presented sentences. The same brain region has a role during theory-ofmind processes, i.e., during the attribution of other people's actions to their motivations, beliefs, or emotions. In this study, we used event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging at 3 T to disentangle the relative contributions of the FMC to theory-of-m… Show more

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“…On this view, participants might have shown no DMPFC activation in the scrambled condition because it is difficult or impossible to extract coherent representations of agents' motivations and internal states from unrelated sentences. However, a limitation of this view is that it does not explain why coherence judgments can elicit DMPFC activation even in the absence of any theory of mind content (Ferstl and von Cramon, 2002). One possibility is that coherence-related and theory of mind-related functions supported by DMPFC reflect a still more general cognitive function that has not yet been fully characterized.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On this view, participants might have shown no DMPFC activation in the scrambled condition because it is difficult or impossible to extract coherent representations of agents' motivations and internal states from unrelated sentences. However, a limitation of this view is that it does not explain why coherence judgments can elicit DMPFC activation even in the absence of any theory of mind content (Ferstl and von Cramon, 2002). One possibility is that coherence-related and theory of mind-related functions supported by DMPFC reflect a still more general cognitive function that has not yet been fully characterized.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These results suggest that the mind reading system for speaking acts consists of neural resources distributed over these areas, and that there are sex-dependent differences in this mind reading system. Some of these cortical areas may be in connection with theory-of-mind processes (Baron-Cohen, Leslie, & Frith, 1985;Ferstl & von Cramon, 2002;Premack & Woodruff, 1978a, b;Siegal, Carrington, & Radel, 1996) or mentalizing processes (Frith & Frith, 1999), i.e. during the attribution of other people's actions to their motivations, beliefs, or emotions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the data regarding the specialization of the right hemisphere for establishing narrative coherence are mixed (Robertson, et al, 2000;St. George, Kutas, Martinez, & Sereno, 1999;Ferstl & von Cramon, 2002;Ferstl & von Cramon, 2001;Maguire, Frith, & Morris, 1999;Speer, 2005), and there are no direct comparisons of working memory and semantic memory representations of events in the neuroimaging or neuropsychological literatures. An alternative possibility is that event models and event schemata are both implemented by bilateral PFC, but by different regions within PFC or different populations of neurons within a region.…”
Section: Toward Refining the Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%