Viewing ambiguous social interactions increases functional connectivity between frontal and temporal nodes of the social brain.

ABSTRACT: Social behaviour is coordinated by a network of brain regions, including those involved in the perception of social stimuli and those involved in complex functions like inferring perceptual and mental states and controlling social interactions. The properties and function of many of these regions in isolation is relatively well-understood, but less is known about how these regions interact whilst processing dynamic social interactions. To investigate whether the functional connectivity between brain regions is modulated by social context, we collected functional MRI (fMRI) data from male monkeys (Macaca mulatta) viewing videos of social interactions labelled as "affiliative", "aggressive", or "ambiguous". We show activation related to the perception of social interactions along both banks

SUBMITTER: Ainsworth M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8276745 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature