RES.9-003 | Summer 2015 | Graduate

Brains, Minds and Machines Summer Course

Unit 6. Social Intelligence

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fMRI studies conducted by Nancy Kanwisher, Rebecca Saxe, and colleagues reveals subregions of area STS in the human brain, roughly portrayed here, that are engaged in aspects of social cognition such as Theory of Mind, voice perception, language, and face analysis.

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Diagram of the human brain, with 5 subregions highlighted along the temporal lobe.
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fMRI studies conducted by Nancy Kanwisher, Rebecca Saxe, and colleagues reveals subregions of area STS in the human brain, roughly portrayed here, that are engaged in aspects of social cognition such as Theory of Mind, voice perception, language, and face analysis.
Diagram of the human brain, with 5 subregions highlighted along the temporal lobe.

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