Mentalizing and Information Propagation through Social Network: Evidence from a Resting-State-fMRI Study.

ABSTRACT: Microblogs is one of the main social networking channels by which information is spread. Among them, Sina Weibo is one of the largest social networking channels in China. Millions of users repost information from Sina Weibo and share embedded emotion at the same time. The present study investigated participants' propensity to repost microblog messages of positive, negative, or neutral valence, and studied the neural correlates during resting state with the reposting rate of each type microblog messages. Participants preferred to repost negative messages relative to positive and neutral messages. Reposting rate of negative messages was positively correlated to the functional connectivity of temporoparietal junction (TPJ) with insula, and TPJ with dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. These result

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5095504 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature