心理理论神经机制的研究进展

The Research Progress on Neural Mechanisms of Theory of Mind

心理理论是指人们能够了解自己和他人的愿望、信念、意图等心理状态并据此推断他人行为的能力。目前随着脑成像技术的发展,心理理论研究已成为认知神经科学领域的热点。该文从电生理学、神经影像学和脑损伤三方面对心理理论神经机制的研究进展进行了总结,提出了该领域研究存在的问题并对未来研究进行了展望。

＂Theory of Mind＂（ToM） is the ability to comprehend the mental state, such as desire, belief, and intention of oneself and others, and based on which to predict others＇ behavior. Nowadays, with the development of neuroimaging technology, the research of ToM has become a hot spot in the field of cognitive neural science. The author concludes the research progress on neural mechanisms of ToM from the aspects of electrophysiological studies, neuroimagiug studies, and lesioned studies. The author also puts forward some ideas about the problems of the researches and the prospects to future researches.