Dopamine linked to mentalizing abilities

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A link between the neurotransmitter dopamine and the mentalizing abilities of healthy people has been identified.

A link between the neurotransmitter dopamine and the mentalising abilities of healthy people has been identified for the first time in a new study.

More commonly, in fact, theory of mind difficulties have been associated with psychosocial changes such as isolation and social withdrawal that are a common feature of dopamine-related disorders. Participants were asked to complete an animations task, in which they were shown brief videos of triangles 'interacting' with each other. They were asked to interpret the videos by choosing the label they thought best described the ongoing scene. In a separate experiment, the researchers also investigated participants' ability to judge emotions depicted by whole-body point light displays .

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