RTPJ selectivity for mental state content does not differ between blind and sighted children¶
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q3 i? Response selectivity for mental state content (Mental > Social) did not differ between blind and sighted children in RTPJ or across all ToM ROIs (individual-subject ROIs: b=−0.08, t=−0.41, p=.68). → Richardson H. 2023
Evidence¶
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
q3 · i? · associational · r2
Selectivity analysis in individual-subject and group-defined ToM ROIs comparing 17 blind with 114 sighted children. The article reports no difference; equivalence was not tested and no effect size was printed.
"Response selectivity for mental state content (Mental > Social contrast value) did not differ between blind and sighted children, across all ToM ROIs (individual-subject ROIs: b=−0.08, t = −0.41, CI=[−0.46,0.30], p = .68;"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Blind children reason about visually sourced mental states similarly to sighted children
- RTPJ selectivity correlates with behavioral ToM task performance across blind and sighted children combined
- 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
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RTPJ selectivity for mental state content does not differ between blind and sighted children |
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RTPJ selectivity for mental state content does not differ between blind and sighted children |
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