The second person in "I"-"you"-"it" triadic interactions

Behav Brain Sci. 2013 Aug;36(4):416-7. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X12001860.

Abstract

Second person social cognition cannot be restricted to dyadic interactions between two persons (the "I" and the "you"). Many instances of social communication are triadic, and involve a third person (the "him/her/it"), which is the object of the interaction. We discuss neuropsychological and brain imaging data showing that triadic interactions involve dedicated brain networks distinct from those of dyadic interactions.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Cognition / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations*
  • Mirror Neurons / physiology*
  • Social Perception*
  • Theory of Mind / physiology*