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Social Behavior: Theory of Mind

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The concept of how individuals perceive and comprehend the intentions of other individuals is presented and criticized. A road map toward the discovery of neural mechanisms for same is laid out in detail.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, Box 275, 10021-6399, New York, NY, USA

    Sara M. Schaafsma & Donald W. Pfaff

  2. Division of Humanities and Social Science, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Robert P. Spunt & Ralph Adolphs

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  1. Sara M. Schaafsma
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Correspondence to Sara M. Schaafsma .

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  1. Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA

    Donald W. Pfaff

  2. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland, USA

    Nora D. Volkow

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Schaafsma, S.M., Pfaff, D.W., Spunt, R.P., Adolphs, R. (2016). Social Behavior: Theory of Mind. In: Pfaff, D., Volkow, N. (eds) Neuroscience in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3474-4_165

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