A shared neural code for perceiving and remembering social interactions in the human superior temporal sulcus

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Recognizing and remembering social information is a crucial cognitive skill. Neural patterns in the superior temporal sulcus (STS) support our ability to perceive others' social interactions. However, despite the prominence of social interactions in memory, the neural basis of remembering social interactions is still unknown. To fill this gap, we investigated the brain mechanisms underlying memory of others' social interactions during free spoken recall of a naturalistic movie. By applying machine learning-based fMRI encoding analyses to densely labeled movie and recall data we found that a subset of the STS activity evoked by viewing social interactions predicted neural responses in not only held-out movie data, but also during memory recall. These results provide the first evidence that activity in the STS is reinstated in response to specific social content and that its reactivation underlies our ability to remember others' interactions. These findings further suggest that the STS contains representations of social interactions that are not only perceptually driven, but also more abstract or conceptual in nature.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:196

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Neuropsychologia - 196(2024) vom: 15. März, Seite 108823

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee Masson, Haemy [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Janice [VerfasserIn]
Isik, Leyla [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Encoding model
Journal Article
Naturalistic fMRI
Social interaction
Social memory
Superior temporal sulcus

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108823

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368367088