Intermittent brain network reconfigurations and the resistance to social media influence.

ABSTRACT: Since its development, social media has grown as a source of information and has a significant impact on opinion formation. Individuals interact with others and content via social media platforms in a variety of ways, but it remains unclear how decision-making and associated neural processes are impacted by the online sharing of informational content, from factual to fabricated. Here, we use EEG to estimate dynamic reconfigurations of brain networks and probe the neural changes underlying opinion change (or formation) within individuals interacting with a simulated social media platform. Our findings indicate that the individuals who changed their opinions are characterized by less frequent network reconfigurations while those who did not change their opinions tend to have more flexible br

SUBMITTER: Lima Dias Pinto I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9810364 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature