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The Social Brain Automatically Predicts Others' Future Mental States

Mark A. Thornton, Miriam E. Weaverdyck and Diana I. Tamir
Journal of Neuroscience 2 January 2019, 39 (1) 140-148; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1431-18.2018
Mark A. Thornton
1Department of Psychology and
2Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1431-18.2018
PubMed 
30389840
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History 
  • Received June 6, 2018
  • Revision received October 17, 2018
  • Accepted October 23, 2018
  • First published November 2, 2018.
  • Version of record published January 2, 2019.
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Author Information

  1. Mark A. Thornton1,2,
  2. Miriam E. Weaverdyck1, and
  3. Diana I. Tamir1,2
  1. 1Department of Psychology and
  2. 2Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: M.A.T. wrote the first draft of the paper; M.A.T., M.E.W., and D.I.T. edited the paper; M.A.T., M.E.W., and D.I.T. designed research; M.E.W. performed research; M.A.T. and M.E.W. analyzed data; M.A.T. and D.I.T. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received June 6, 2018.
    • Revision received October 17, 2018.
    • Accepted October 23, 2018.
  • This work was supported by the National Institutes of Mental Health–National Institutes of Health (Grant R01MH114904 to D.I.T.). We thank Aaron Kurosu, Betsy Levy Paluck, Judith Mildner, Aidan O'Donnell, Sarah Pan, and Zidong Zhao for advice and assistance.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Mark A. Thornton, Department of Psychology, Peretsman Scully Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540. mthornto{at}princeton.edu

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Mark A. Thornton, Miriam E. Weaverdyck, Diana I. Tamir
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