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The second person in “I”-“you”-“it” triadic interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2013

Laurent Cleret de Langavant
Affiliation:
Institut National de la Santé et la Recherche Médicale & Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France. [email protected]@gmail.com. [email protected]
Charlotte Jacquemot
Affiliation:
Institut National de la Santé et la Recherche Médicale & Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France. [email protected]@gmail.com. [email protected]
Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Lévi
Affiliation:
Institut National de la Santé et la Recherche Médicale & Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France. [email protected]@gmail.com. [email protected]
Emmanuel Dupoux
Affiliation:
Ecole Normale Supérieure & Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 75005 Paris, France. [email protected]://www.lscp.net/persons/dupoux/

Abstract

Second person social cognition cannot be restricted to dyadic interactions between two persons (the “I” and the “you”). Many instances of social communication are triadic, and involve a third person (the “him/her/it”), which is the object of the interaction. We discuss neuropsychological and brain imaging data showing that triadic interactions involve dedicated brain networks distinct from those of dyadic interactions.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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