• DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00189
Corpus ID: 1595653

On the relationship between the “default mode network” and the “social brain”

@article{Mars2012OnTR,
  title={On the relationship between the “default mode network” and the “social brain”},
  author={R. Mars and Franz-Xaver Neubert and M. P. Noonan and J. Sallet and I. Toni and M. Rushworth},
  journal={Frontiers in Human Neuroscience},
  year={2012},
  volume={6}
}

• R. Mars, Franz-Xaver Neubert, +3 authors M. Rushworth
• Published 2012
• Psychology, Medicine
• Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

The default mode network (DMN) of the brain consists of areas that are typically more active during rest than during active task performance. Recently however, this network has been shown to be activated by certain types of tasks. Social cognition, particularly higher-order tasks such as attributing mental states to others, has been suggested to activate a network of areas at least partly overlapping with the DMN. Here, we explore this claim, drawing on evidence from meta-analyses of functional… Expand

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