The image [Figure 1B] reproduced by the “mentalist” showed striking similarity to the original image drawn by the investigator (PNJ) whereas the one reproduced by the control subject [Figure 2B] did not. The mentalist showed significant activation involving the right parahippocampal gyrus [Number of voxels = 160; Talairach and Tournoux co-ordinates of peak activation: ‘x’ = 32, ‘y’ = -41, ‘z’ = -6; T = 4.88; P (uncorrected) < 0.001; FDR-corrected P = 0.018] [Figure 3] whereas the control subject showed significant activation involving the left inferior frontal gyrus [number of voxels = 363; Talairach and Tournoux
co-ordinates of peak activation: ‘x’ = -42, ‘y’ = 25, ‘z’ = -8; T = 4.21; P (uncorrected) < 0.001; FDR-corrected P = 0.037] [Figure 4].