How Do We Know What Other People Are Thinking?
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Friday, February 20, 2015
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"Although we human adults are really good at understanding other minds, we weren't always that way." - Rebecca Saxe
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Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode The Unknown Brain
About Rebecca Saxe's TED Talk
Sensing the motives and feelings of others is a natural talent for humans. But how do we do it? Neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe explains how one region in the brain focuses on other people's thoughts.
About Rebecca Saxe
Rebecca Saxe is a cognitive neuroscientist at MIT. While a graduate student, Saxe made a discovery: There's a specific region in our brain that becomes active when we contemplate the workings of other minds. Now, the head of MIT's Saxelab, she and her team are delving deeper into that brain region, hoping it might reveal clues about conditions such as autism.
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