"mind task" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a task or activity that requires mental effort or cognitive skills. Example: Solving puzzles and riddles is a great mind task that can improve critical thinking skills.
Activations from this visual theory of mind task were compared with the activations demonstrated during self-referential processing.
Behavioral data for three subjects in the Theory of Mind task were lost due to technical error.
Participants' responses to Belief trials (2.64 s) were faster to Photo trials (2.80 s) during the Theory of Mind task (t(17) = 2.7,p = 0.015).
The ROI defined by the Theory of Mind task differentiated between the invalid and valid trials of the attention task (t(10) = 3.3,p<0.01), and the ROI defined by the attention task differentiated belief and photo trials of the Theory of Mind task (t(10) = 3.9,p<0.01) (Figure 3).
The ROI defined by the Theory of Mind task did differentiate between invalid and valid trials of the attention task (t(20) = 4.9,p<0.0001), and the ROI defined by the attention task differentiated between belief and photo trials of the Theory of Mind task (t(20) = 3.8,p<0.001), consistent with previous results [14].
Progressive supranuclear palsy also impaired the TASIT theory of mind task.
Participants also completed facial affect recognition and theory of mind tasks.
For external validation purposes children completed arithmetic and theory of mind tasks, and parents completed a socio-demographic questionnaire.
Indeed, neuroimaging data suggest that theory of mind tasks and executive function tasks share overlapping areas of activation in the medial prefrontal cortex ([24], pp. 527 528).
Previous studies have shown that prospective memory, requiring the formation of an intention and the execution of a corresponding action, is associated with decreased activation in the dorsal mPFC, close to the region activated in Theory of Mind tasks.
One explanation for dogs' social acuity is that in selecting for traits that make dogs better human companions, humans inadvertently bred dogs who are better able to pass theory of mind tasks (Hare et al. 2002).
