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METHOD
Procedure (cont’d):
- Physical 1 control for theory of mind, physical 2 control for empathy.
- Participants had 6s to read initial question, 6s to analyze comic strips, and 4.5s to answer the outcome.
- Initial questions used to engage the corresponding construct in the participants:
- What will the main character do next? (theory of mind)
- What will make the main character feel better? (empathy)
- What is most likely to happen next? (physical 1 and physical 2)
- Unanswered outcomes treated as incorrect answers.
- Neural responses theory of mind minus neural responses of physical 1 to reveal increased signal association with theory of mind processing.
- Neural responses empathy minus neural responses of physical 2 to reveal increased signal association with empathy processing.