期刊
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
卷 43, 期 13, 页码 4074-4090出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25903
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development; fMRI; mentalizing; social cognition; social interaction
Social interactions are crucial for human development, yet there is limited understanding of their underlying neurocognitive mechanisms. This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the brain response during social interactions in children. The results showed similar neural patterns in the temporal poles during mentalizing and peer interactions, suggesting a neurocognitive link between the two. However, other social brain regions exhibited different responses to interactive peers and abstract characters. These findings highlight the importance of studying social-cognitive processes using interactive paradigms.
Social interactions are essential for human development, yet little neuroimaging research has examined their underlying neurocognitive mechanisms using socially interactive paradigms during childhood and adolescence. Recent neuroimaging research has revealed activity in the mentalizing network when children engage with a live social partner, even when mentalizing is not required. While this finding suggests that social-interactive contexts may spontaneously engage mentalizing, it is not a direct test of how similarly the brain responds to these two contexts. The current study used representational similarity analysis on data from 8- to 14-year-olds who made mental and nonmental judgments about an abstract character and a live interaction partner during fMRI. A within-subject, 2 (Mental/Nonmental) x 2 (Peer/Character) design enabled us to examine response pattern similarity between conditions, and estimate fit to three conceptual models of how the two contexts relate: (1) social interaction and mentalizing about an abstract character are represented similarly; (2) interactive peers and abstract characters are represented differently regardless of the evaluation type; and (3) mental and nonmental states are represented dissimilarly regardless of target. We found that the temporal poles represent mentalizing and peer interactions similarly (Model 1), suggesting a neurocognitive link between the two in these regions. Much of the rest of the social brain exhibits different representations of interactive peers and abstract characters (Model 2). Our findings highlight the importance of studying social-cognitive processes using interactive approaches, and the utility of pattern-based analyses for understanding how social-cognitive processes relate to each other.
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