Intermodulation responses show integration of interacting bodies in a new whole

N Goupil, JR Hochmann, L Papeo - Cortex, 2023 - Elsevier
People are often seen among other people, relating to and interacting with one another.
Recent studies suggest that socially relevant spatial relations between bodies, such as the …

Greater involvement of action simulation mechanisms in emotional vs cognitive empathy

LD Oliver, JB Vieira, RWJ Neufeld… - Social Cognitive and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Empathy is crucial for successful interpersonal interactions, and it is impaired in many
psychiatric and neurological disorders. Action-perception matching, or action simulation …

Social cognition in the blind brain: A coordinate‐based meta‐analysis

M Arioli, E Ricciardi, Z Cattaneo - Human Brain Mapping, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Social cognition skills are typically acquired on the basis of visual information (eg, the
observation of gaze, facial expressions, gestures). In light of this, a critical issue is whether …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of the neural correlates of mentalizing through the Dynamic Inference Task, a new naturalistic task of social cognition

A Henry, D Raucher-Chéné, A Obert, P Gobin… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding others' intentions requires both the identification of social cues (eg,
emotional facial expressions, gaze direction) and the attribution of a mental state to another …

Social perception in deaf individuals: A meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies

M Arioli, C Segatta, C Papagno… - Human Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Deaf individuals may report difficulties in social interactions. However, whether these
difficulties depend on deafness affecting social brain circuits is controversial. Here, we report …

Taking two to tango: fMRI analysis of improvised joint action with physical contact

LAS Chauvigné, M Belyk, S Brown - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Many forms of joint action involve physical coupling between the participants, such as when
moving a sofa together or dancing a tango. We report the results of a novel two-person …

Oxytocin selectively modulates brain response to stimuli probing social synchrony

J Levy, A Goldstein, O Zagoory-Sharon, O Weisman… - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
The capacity to act collectively within groups has led to the survival and thriving of Homo
sapiens. A central group collaboration mechanism is “social synchrony,” the coordination of …

[HTML][HTML] Default mode network modulation by mentalizing in young adults with autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia

CJ Hyatt, VD Calhoun, B Pittman, S Corbera… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2020 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are nosologically distinct
neurodevelopmental disorders with similar deficits in social cognition, including the ability to …

[HTML][HTML] Role of beta-band resting-state functional connectivity as a predictor of motor learning ability

H Sugata, K Yagi, S Yazawa, Y Nagase, K Tsuruta… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been suggested that resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) between the primary
motor area (M1) region of the brain and other brain regions may be a predictor of motor …

Lateral occipitotemporal cortex encodes perceptual components of social actions rather than abstract representations of sociality

MF Wurm, A Caramazza - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging studies suggest that areas in the lateral occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) play
an important role in the perception of social actions. However, it is unclear what precisely …