Neural mechanisms of predicting individual preferences based on group membership.

ABSTRACT: Successful social interaction requires humans to predict others' behavior. To do so, internal models of others are generated based on previous observations. When predicting others' preferences for objects, for example, observations are made at an individual level (5-year-old Rosie often chooses a pencil) or at a group level (kids often choose pencils). But previous research has focused either on already established group knowledge, i.e. stereotypes, or on the neural correlates of predicting traits and preferences of individuals. We identified the neural mechanisms underlying predicting individual behavior based on learned group knowledge using fMRI. We show that applying learned group knowledge hinges on both a network of regions commonly referred to as the mentalizing network, and a netwo

SUBMITTER: Vijayakumar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8421698 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature