作者
Alfredo Spagna, Alexander J Dufford, Qiong Wu, Tingting Wu, Weihao Zheng, Edgar E Coons, Patrick R Hof, Bin Hu, Yanhong Wu, Jin Fan
发表日期
2018/5/1
期刊
Journal of Comparative Neurology
卷号
526
期号
7
页码范围
1183-1194
简介
In human life, social context requires the engagement in complex interactions among individuals as the dynamics of social networks. The evolution of the brain as the neurological basis of the mind must be crucial in supporting social networking. Although the relationship between social networking and the amygdala, a small but core region for emotion processing, has been reported, other structures supporting sophisticated social interactions must be involved and need to be identified. In this study, we examined the relationship between morphology of the anterior insular cortex (AIC), a structure involved in basic and high‐level cognition, and social networking. Two independent cohorts of individuals (New York group n = 50, Beijing group n = 100) were recruited. Structural magnetic resonance images were acquired and the social network index (SNI), a composite measure summarizing an individual's network …
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