Being with virtual others
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Being with virtual others : studying social cognition in temporal lobe epilepsy. / Schilbach, Leonhard; Koubeissi, Mohamad Z; David, Nicole; Vogeley, Kai; Ritzl, Eva K.
In: EPILEPSY BEHAV, Vol. 11, No. 3, 11.2007, p. 316-23.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Being with virtual others
T2 - studying social cognition in temporal lobe epilepsy
AU - Schilbach, Leonhard
AU - Koubeissi, Mohamad Z
AU - David, Nicole
AU - Vogeley, Kai
AU - Ritzl, Eva K
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - Social cognitive neuroscience has highlighted the importance of frontotemporal neurocircuitry for social cognition. Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) impacts these brain areas and their functional connections and might therefore specifically affect social perceptual and cognitive skills. In the study described here, an established paradigm was used to evaluate the social cognitive skills of female patients with left TLE. Study participants were shown dynamic animations in which virtual characters either looked at the human observer directly or looked away toward someone else, thus manipulating self-involvement. The virtual characters then exhibited different facial expressions that were either socially relevant or arbitrary. Participants were asked to rate the communicative intentions of the virtual character. Patients' ratings of communicative intent appeared to be linked to their own self-involvement in the interaction, whereas healthy volunteers' ratings of facial expressions were independent of self-involvement. Potential mechanisms for the observed differences are discussed.
AB - Social cognitive neuroscience has highlighted the importance of frontotemporal neurocircuitry for social cognition. Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) impacts these brain areas and their functional connections and might therefore specifically affect social perceptual and cognitive skills. In the study described here, an established paradigm was used to evaluate the social cognitive skills of female patients with left TLE. Study participants were shown dynamic animations in which virtual characters either looked at the human observer directly or looked away toward someone else, thus manipulating self-involvement. The virtual characters then exhibited different facial expressions that were either socially relevant or arbitrary. Participants were asked to rate the communicative intentions of the virtual character. Patients' ratings of communicative intent appeared to be linked to their own self-involvement in the interaction, whereas healthy volunteers' ratings of facial expressions were independent of self-involvement. Potential mechanisms for the observed differences are discussed.
KW - Adult
KW - Brain Mapping
KW - Cognition
KW - Emotions
KW - Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
KW - Facial Expression
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Interpersonal Relations
KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Social Behavior
U2 - 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.06.006
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 17881294
VL - 11
SP - 316
EP - 323
JO - EPILEPSY BEHAV
JF - EPILEPSY BEHAV
SN - 1525-5050
IS - 3
ER -