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• Pragmatics partially segregated fromTheory of Mind: evidence from resting-state functional connectivity

  2025. Christoffer Forbes Schieche (et al.). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences 380 (1932)

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  Pragmatics and Theory of Mind (ToM) are at play during conversational interaction, but the relationship between the two is a matter of debate. Using resting-state fMRI data, we investigate a potential segregation of the two domains by considering functional connectivity within and between the ToM and language networks, and their relation to pragmatic behavioural measures. We also study the connectivity of two cortical clusters, one in the left intraparietal sulcus and one in the bilateral dorsal precuneus. These clusters are located outside both the ToM and language networks and were previously found to covary with individual pragmatic variability. The results show that these two clusters are functionally connected at rest and that their degree of connectivity is related to pragmatic behaviour. On the other hand, there was no relation between pragmatic behaviour and degrees of connectivity involving the ToM and language networks. Furthermore, the two clusters were not connected to either the ToM or language networks. In conclusion, we suggest that the domain of pragmatics is partially segregated from ToM, and provide further support that the two clusters outside the ToM and language networks are pragmatically relevant.

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• Pragmatics partially segregated from theory of mind: evidence from resting state functional connectivity

  2024. Christoffer Forbes Schieche (et al.). Proceedings of the 19th SweCog Conference: Stockholm, October 10-11, 2024

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  Pragmatics and Theory of Mind (ToM) are at play during conversational interaction, but therelationship between the two, in the conversational context, is a matter of debate. Using resting statefMRI-data, we investigate a potential segregation of the two domains by considering functionalconnectivity within the ToM network and between the ToM and language networks and theirrelation to pragmatic measures. We also studied the connectivity of two cortical clusters: a leftsuperior parietal and a bilateral dorsal precuneal cluster. These clusters are located outside both theToM and language networks and were previously found to covary with individual pragmaticvariability. The results show that these two clusters are functionally connected at rest, and that thedegree of connectivity is related to pragmatic behavior. On the other hand, there was no relationbetween pragmatic behavior and the degree of connectivity involving the ToM network.Furthermore, the ToM network and the two clusters were not connected. Approaches such ascognitive spaces/maps could provide new perspectives on pragmatics and related domains. Inconclusion, we suggest that the domain of pragmatics is partially segregated from ToM, and providefurther support that the two clusters outside the ToM and language networks are pragmaticallyrelevant. 

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