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·June 19, 2021·5 min read

A Father’s Parenting Style Could Be Predicted in Advance of His Child’s Birth

Expectant fathers with higher levels of brain activation and oxytocin later endorsed a more "child-led" empathetic style of parenting once their child was born.

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·June 3, 2021·5 min read

Bilingualism as a Natural Therapy for Autistic Children

Bilingualism in children on the autism spectrum partly makes up for deficits in theory of mind and executive function, a new study reports.

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·February 14, 2021·4 min read

Women Better at Reading Minds Than Men

New study reveals women are better at mentalizing and picking up on subtle behavioral cues of others than men.

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·September 2, 2020·4 min read

Autism May Not Be Tied to Mindblindness

Reassessing years of research on Theory of Mind in autism, researchers argue the brains of those with ASD may be able to grasp what others think but may have a more difficult time processing the degree to which others think differently from themselves.

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·March 9, 2020·3 min read

The brain has two systems for thinking about others’ thoughts

Study reveals two different brain structures are implicated in implicit and explicit theory of mind, and both regions mature at different ages to fulfill their function. The supramarginal gyrus matures earlier, enabling theory of mind to occur slightly earlier than believed. Full ability for theory of mind occurs at age four when the temporoparietal junction matures.

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·August 21, 2019·6 min read

Is it autism? The line is getting increasingly blurry

A new meta-analysis of autism data reveals the difference between people diagnosed with autism and the general population is shrinking. Measurable differences between people with ASD and people not on the spectrum has decreased over the past 50 years. Researchers say the definition of autism may be getting too blurry to be meaningful, and the condition may be at risk of being trivialized.

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·June 26, 2019·3 min read

Researchers explore social cognitive deficits in progressive multiple sclerosis

Study reports those with progressive multiple sclerosis were more likely to experience deficits with Cognitive Theory of Mind.

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·May 24, 2019·5 min read

People with traumatic brain injury, who often lose empathy, can regain it with treatment

Many people who experience traumatic brain injury report a loss of empathy following their injury. Researchers consider how to reconnect those who have a TBI with their feelings of empathy and emotional recognition.

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·April 11, 2019·5 min read

‘Mindreading’ neurons simulate decisions of social partners

Neurons in the amygdala derive object values based on observations and use the values to simulate a social partner's decision making.

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·April 9, 2019·5 min read

Empathy and cooperation go hand in hand

A capacity for empathy is key in sustaining cooperation between a social group. Findings reveal empathy can evolve through a process of social contagion.

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·March 18, 2019·4 min read

Research into aphasia reveals new interactions between language and thought

Problems with counterfactive interpretation in those with aphasia are associated with a reduction of propositional, lexical and syntactic cognition.

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·January 25, 2019·6 min read

Autism and Theory of Mind

Researchers have developed a new test that examines theory of mind in those on the autism spectrum. The work may shed light on how those with ASD have difficulty in understanding the point of view of others, and social behavioral deficits.