Being the Gatekeeper: How Thinking about Sharing Affects Neural Encoding of Information.

ABSTRACT: Information transmission in a society depends on individuals' intention to share or not. Yet, little is known about whether being the gatekeeper shapes the brain's processing of incoming information. Here, we examine how thinking about sharing affects neural encoding of information, and whether this effect is moderated by the person's real-life social network position. In an functional magnetic resonance imaging study, participants rated abstracts of news articles on how much they wanted to read for themselves (read) or-as information gatekeepers-to share with a specific other (narrowcast) or to post on their social media feed (broadcast). In all conditions, consistent spatial blood oxygen level-dependent patterns associated with news articles were observed across participants in brain reg

SUBMITTER: Chan HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8258440 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature