RTPJ selectivity correlates with behavioral ToM task performance across blind and sighted children combined¶
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q3 i? Across participants with both behavioral and fMRI data (n=27), RTPJ selectivity correlated with ToM task performance controlling for age and motion (individual-subject ROI: b=0.30, t=2.8, p=.01). → Richardson H. 2023
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Richardson H. 2023¶
Richardson H., Saxe R., Bedny M. (2023). Neural correlates of theory of mind reasoning in congenitally blind children. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101285
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Brain-behavior correlation in the combined sample of 11 blind and 16 blindfolded sighted children with both measures. The article notes this analysis "was likely underpowered to detect group differences" and does not test the blind group specifically. No effect size printed.
"Across all participants with both behavioral and fMRI data (n=27), RTPJ selectivity (Mental > Social) correlated with ToM task performance (correlation controlling for age and motion, individual-subject ROI: b=0.30, t = 2.8, CI=[0.08,0.52], p = .01;"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- RTPJ selectivity for mental state content does not differ between blind and sighted children
- Blind and sighted children do not differ in performance on false-belief items of the non-visual ToM task
- Inter-region correlations within the ToM network are lower in blind children, while ToM and language networks remain functionally distinct — related
- The condition-dependent response profile of ToM brain regions is quantitatively weaker in blind than sighted children — related
- Blind children reason about visually sourced mental states similarly to sighted children — related
- Congenitally blind children perform slightly less accurately on a non-visual behavioral ToM task than sighted children, controlling for age — related
- Explicit mentalizing (false-belief understanding) emerges robustly between ages 4 and 6 — related
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RTPJ selectivity correlates with behavioral ToM task performance across blind and sighted children combined |
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RTPJ selectivity correlates with behavioral ToM task performance across blind and sighted children combined |
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