Multidimensional neural representations of social features during movie viewing.

ABSTRACT: The social world is dynamic and contextually embedded. Yet, most studies utilize simple stimuli that do not capture the complexity of everyday social episodes. To address this, we implemented a movie viewing paradigm and investigated how everyday social episodes are processed in the brain. Participants watched one of two movies during an MRI scan. Neural patterns from brain regions involved in social perception, mentalization, action observation and sensory processing were extracted. Representational similarity analysis results revealed that several labeled social features (including social interaction, mentalization, the actions of others, characters talking about themselves, talking about others and talking about objects) were represented in the superior temporal gyrus (STG) and middle t

SUBMITTER: Lee Masson H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11130526 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature