Brain stimulation over dorsomedial prefrontal cortex causally affects metacognitive bias but not mentalising.

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci · 2025 · PMC12356725 · PMID 40011401

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However, there was a positive trend-level correlation between RT difference and M-ratio scores, Spearman’s r = 0.32, p = .06, BF 10 = 1.02 (Fig. 4 B), suggesting that—if anything—lower RT differences, which are indicative of better mentalising, are associated with lower M-ratio.

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