The effects of spatial relations and motion information in social scene perception.

ABSTRACT: A body of research shows that the human visual system hosts a network specialized in processing social interactions-i.e., physical/communicative exchanges between people. This network largely overlaps with regions involved in motion perception. Current views propose that, since motion is an intrinsic component of social interaction, it is necessary to trigger social-interaction selectivity. However, the relationship between social-interaction perception and motion perception remains unclear. We took advantage of two existing functional MRI datasets collected in the same participants, to identify the social-interaction network, and study how it responds to static versus dynamic visual social scenes. Results showed that scenes showing interacting face-to-face (vs. back-to-back) people elicit

SUBMITTER: Munin V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267528 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature