Systematic Comparison of Brain Imaging Meta-Analyses of ToM with vPT

Table 1

Predictions of overlap of vPT with theory of mind according to various proposals.

	Proposal	mPFC	Right TPJ/IPL	Left TPJ/IPL	TPJ/pSTS	IFG
(1)	Amodio & Frith [31]	Yes
(2)	Gallagher et al. (2003)	(Yes)
(3)	Schurz et al. [14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
(4)	Van Overwalle [32]	No	Yes	Yes
(5)	Gobbini et al. [33]		No	No	No
(6)	Mar [34]		No	No
(7)	Saxe et al. [35]
	(a) Propositional content		(Yes)
	(b) Belief & thoughts		No
(8)	Perner & Leekam [36]			(Yes)	No
(9)	C. D. Frith & U. Frith [37]				No
(10)	Samson & Apperly [38]	possibly		Yes		Yes: right
Observed		No	No	Yes	No	Yes: left

Note: for predictions in parenthesis it is assumed that vPT tasks engage level 2 perspective taking processes.