The causal role of social brain networks during real-life social interactions KU Leuven
Successful social interactions require monitoring and understanding of others' actions and intentions in order to plan and facilitate one’s own actions. In the primate brain, both the mirror and mentalizing systems are proposed to be involved in these important social functions, and dysfunction of these two networks has been linked to impaired social behaviors manifested in several neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, anxiety ...