Publications by authors named "Shaohan Jiang"
Article Synopsis
- - The study explores how individual differences in human cognitive abilities, ranging from basic perceptions to complex social behaviors, can be organized into a two-tier hierarchy known as first-order and second-order cognitive processes.
- - It utilizes the classical twin study approach to examine the genetic and environmental influences on these cognitive abilities within the same group of people.
- - Findings indicate that first-order cognitive skills are mainly influenced by genetics, while second-order skills like metacognition and mentalizing are more affected by shared environmental factors, highlighting the role of life experiences in shaping higher-level cognitive functions.
Article Synopsis
- Metacognition involves monitoring one's own cognitive processes, while mentalizing involves understanding the cognitive processes of others, but the distinction between the two is more complex than this simple self-other divide.
- Using fMRI, the study identifies different brain regions associated with how we represent uncertainty in our own decisions versus those of others, highlighting some unique neural patterns.
- Findings suggest that the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex is key for understanding others' decision uncertainty, while the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex is important for our own experienced uncertainties, revealing distinct brain functions for metacognition and mentalizing.
