内侧前额叶与社会认知

早期的研究表明杏仁核、前额叶、颞上沟、前扣带回等与人类的社会认知活动有关;随着多种新技术的应用。越来越多的研究发现其它一些脑区结构(如岛叶、基底节、白质等)也与社会认知和行为有关。本文综述了内侧前额叶在社会认知中的作用,重点介绍了内侧前额叶在心灵理论、情绪认知、社会推理与决策、道德判断、自我认知等社会认知活动中的作用。未来研究希望能从整体和动态上认识内侧前额叶在社会认知活动中的作用。

The Roles of Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Social Cognition

The early data had identified distinct components of social cognition associated with some brain regions,such as the amygdale,the prefrontal cortex,the superior temporal sulcus,the anterior cingulated cortex.And in the wake of fMRI,more and more brain areas were involved in social cognition processing.The exploration of neural basis of social cognition contributed to understanding human mind and behaviors of social cognition.In this review,we emphasized the role of medial prefrontal cortex in the areas of"theory of mind,emotional cognition,social reasoning and decision making,moral judgement and self-cognition".The future studies would specify the role of medial prefrontal cortex in social cognition in detail.