The neural representation of social status in the extended face-processing network.

ABSTRACT: Social status is a salient cue that shapes our perceptions of other people and ultimately guides our social interactions. Despite the pervasive influence of status on social behavior, how information about the status of others is represented in the brain remains unclear. Here, we tested the hypothesis that social status information is embedded in our neural representations of other individuals. Participants learned to associate faces with names, job titles that varied in associated status, and explicit markers of reputational status (star ratings). Trained stimuli were presented in an functional magnetic resonance imaging experiment where participants performed a target detection task orthogonal to the variable of interest. A network of face-selective brain regions extending from the occip

SUBMITTER: Koski JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880639 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature