Neural Correlates of Animacy Attribution Include Neocerebellum in Healthy Adults.

ABSTRACT: Recent work suggests that biological motion perception is supported by interactions between posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) and regions of the posterior lobe of the cerebellum. However, insufficient attention has been given to cerebellar contributions to most other social cognitive functions, including ones that rely upon the use of biological motion cues for making mental inferences. Here, using adapted Heider and Simmel stimuli in a passive-viewing paradigm, we present functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence detailing cerebellar contributions to animacy attribution processes in healthy adults. We found robust cerebellar activity associated with viewing animate versus random movement in hemispheric lobule VII bilaterally as well as in vermal and paravermal lobule IX. Stro

SUBMITTER: Jack A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4626832 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature