The importance of self-other distinction becomes evident in cases where it breaks down. At the same time, adequate social behavior demands that we can distinguish between self- and other related representations, a crucial cognitive skill termed self-other distinction. Humans represent and infer other's mental states-an ability known as mentalizing or Theory of Mind-using multiple self- related processes, e.g., when putting oneself in the shoes of another person. Social cognition, the capacity to sense, represent and judge our own social behaviors and those of others, is an ubiquitous aspect of the human mind and crucial for everyday social interactions. Furthermore, they highlight the importance of considering different control conditions when interpreting the involvement of rTPJ and rSMG during self-other distinction processes. These results suggest a different recruitment of these two regions in autistic individuals when dealing with conflicting emotional states of oneself and another person.
altercentric biases, compared to neurotypical participants.
passive game viewing, and (2) in the right supramarginal gyrus (rSMG) during ego- vs. Despite no behavioral differences, individuals on the autism spectrum showed decreased activation (1) in the right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) during active overcoming of the emotional egocentric bias vs. By using a newly developed virtual ball-tossing game that induced simultaneous positive and negative emotional states in each participant and another person, we were able to measure emotional egocentric and altercentric biases (namely the tendency to ascribe self-/other-related emotions to others/ourselves, respectively). Here we aimed at evaluating emotional self-other distinction abilities in autistic and non-autistic adults, in two behavioral pilot studies and one fMRI study. Research suggests that this ability might be impaired in individuals on the autism spectrum, but convincing evidence of self-other distinction difficulties in the emotional domain is lacking. Self-other distinction is a crucial aspect of social cognition, as it allows us to differentiate our own mental and emotional states from those of others.
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