#9334. The influence of TMS of the rTPJ on attentional control and mentalizing

August 2026publication date
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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology;
Behavioral Neuroscience;
Cognitive Neuroscience;
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Abstract:
Mentalizing is the powerful cognitive ability to understand others. By attributing mental states to others, we become able to explain and predict their behavior. The right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) plays a key role in processing models of mental states. Yet, a different line of research suggests that the rTPJ is crucially involved in attentional control, prompting debates on its cognitive function. In this pre-registered neuro-navigated event-related TMS study, we tested for the rTPJs specificity in mentalizing and attentional control. We interfered with its activity in a recently developed spatial cueing paradigm in which anothers mental states were apparently task-relevant, allowing direct comparison of TMS effects on attention and mentalizing. We contrasted effects with a nearby control TMS site.
Keywords:
Attentional control; Mentalizing; Right temporoparietal junction; Theory of mind; TMS

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