Table 2.
List of studies concerned with the social cognitive function and human mirror neuron system (MNS)
| Study | Topics | Related brain regions | Related MNS regions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wicker et al. (2003)88) | Emotion | Amygdala | Insula |
| Anterior insula | IFG | ||
| IFG | |||
| Right ACC | |||
| Jabbi et al. (2007)89) | Emotion, empathy | IFO | Insula |
| Carr et al. (2003)92) | Empathy | Precentral sulcus | PMC |
| M1 | M1 | ||
| IFG | IFG | ||
| STS | STS | ||
| Insula | Insula | ||
| Right amygdala | |||
| Singer et al. (2004)93) | Emotion, empathy | PFC | Insula |
| Insula | |||
| ACC | |||
| Thalamus | |||
| Cerebellum | |||
| Moll et al. (2002)95) | Morality | Right medial frontal gyrus | STS |
| Right medial OFC | MTG | ||
| Amygdala | |||
| Precuneus | |||
| Anterior STS | |||
| Posterior MTG | |||
| Oberman et al. (2007)98) | Social action | Sensorymotor cortex | M1 |
| S1 | |||
| Vogeley et al. (2001)101) | Theory-of-mind | Right ACC | M1 |
| Right motor cortex | PMC | ||
| Right PMC | Temporoparietal area | ||
| Right TPJ | |||
| Baird et al. (2011)102) | Empathy, theory-of-mind | Temporoparietal area | Temporoparietal area |
| mPFC | |||
| Temporal pole | |||
| Cheng et al. (2008)110) | Empathy | Postcentral gyrus | S1 |
| Gutsell and Inzlicht (2010)111) | Prejudice | Left sensorymotor cortex | M1 |
| S1 | |||
| Christov-Moore and Iacoboni (2016)112) | Empathy, altruism | dlPFC | Parietal area |
| SPL | M1 | ||
| Precentral gyrus | |||
| Amygdala | |||
| Lou et al. (2004)116) | Concept of mental self | Left IFC | IFG |
| Left medial frontal cortex | IPL | ||
| IPC | |||
| PCC | |||
| Precuneus |
IFG, inferior frontal gyrus; ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; IFO, anterior insula and adjacent frontal operculum; PMC, premotor cortex; M1, primary motor cortex; STS, superior temporal sulcus; PFC, prefrontal cortex; MTG, middle temporal gyrus; OFC, orbitofrontal cortex; S1, primary somatosensory cortex; TPJ, temoprotaietal junction; mPFC, middle PFC; dlPFC, dorsolateral PFC; SPL, superior parietal lobule; IFC, inferior frontal cortex; IPL, inferior parietal lobule; IPC, inferior parietal cortex; PCC, posterior cingulate cortex.