Causal role of a neural system for separating and selecting multidimensional social cognitive information
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Causal role of a neural system for separating and selecting multidimensional social cognitive information. / Mahmoodi, Ali; Nili, Hamed; Harbison, Caroline; Hamilton, Sorcha; Trudel, Nadescha; Bang, Dan; Rushworth, Matthew F S.
in: NEURON, Jahrgang 111, Nr. 7, 05.04.2023, S. 1152-1164.e6.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Causal role of a neural system for separating and selecting multidimensional social cognitive information
AU - Mahmoodi, Ali
AU - Nili, Hamed
AU - Harbison, Caroline
AU - Hamilton, Sorcha
AU - Trudel, Nadescha
AU - Bang, Dan
AU - Rushworth, Matthew F S
N1 - Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/4/5
Y1 - 2023/4/5
N2 - People are multi-faceted, typically good at some things but bad at others, and a critical aspect of social judgement is the ability to focus on those traits relevant for the task at hand. However, it remains unknown how the brain supports such context-dependent social judgement. Here, we examine how people represent multidimensional individuals, and how the brain extracts relevant information and filters out irrelevant information when comparing individuals within a specific dimension. Using human fMRI, we identify distinct neural representations in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) and anterior insula (AI) supporting separation and selection of information for context-dependent social judgement. Causal evaluation using non-invasive brain stimulation shows that AI disruption alters the impact of relevant information on social comparison, whereas dmPFC disruption only affects the impact of irrelevant information. This neural circuit is distinct from the one supporting integration across, as opposed to separation of, different features of a multidimensional cognitive space.
AB - People are multi-faceted, typically good at some things but bad at others, and a critical aspect of social judgement is the ability to focus on those traits relevant for the task at hand. However, it remains unknown how the brain supports such context-dependent social judgement. Here, we examine how people represent multidimensional individuals, and how the brain extracts relevant information and filters out irrelevant information when comparing individuals within a specific dimension. Using human fMRI, we identify distinct neural representations in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) and anterior insula (AI) supporting separation and selection of information for context-dependent social judgement. Causal evaluation using non-invasive brain stimulation shows that AI disruption alters the impact of relevant information on social comparison, whereas dmPFC disruption only affects the impact of irrelevant information. This neural circuit is distinct from the one supporting integration across, as opposed to separation of, different features of a multidimensional cognitive space.
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.12.030
DO - 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.12.030
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 36681075
VL - 111
SP - 1152-1164.e6
JO - NEURON
JF - NEURON
SN - 0896-6273
IS - 7
ER -