Creativity Psychosis Autism and the Social Brain

One can never know the internal workings of another person – one can only infer others’ mental states based on external cues. In contrast, each person has direct access to the contents of their own mind. Here we test the hypothesis that this privileged access shapes the way people represent internal mental experiences, such that they represent their own mental states more distinctly than the states of others. Across four studies, participants considered their own and others’ mental states; analyses measured the distinctiveness of mental state representations. Two neuroimaging studies used representational similarity analyses to demonstrate that the social brain manifests more distinct activity patterns when thinking about one’s own states versus others’. Two behavioral studies support these findings. Further, they demonstrate that people differentiate between states less as social distance increases. Together these results suggest that we represent our own mind with greater granularity than the minds of others.

The social brain of language: grounding second language learning in social interaction

npj Science of Learning ◽

10.1038/s41539-020-0068-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ping Li ◽

Hyeonjeong Jeong

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Social Interaction ◽

Language Learning ◽

Second Language Learning ◽

Social Brain ◽

The Social ◽

Language Grounding

The social brain paradigm and social norm puzzles

Journal of Theoretical Politics ◽

10.1177/0951629813502710 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 384-404

Author(s):

Marcus Holmes ◽

Costas Panagopoulos

Keyword(s):

Social Norm ◽

Social Brain ◽

The Social

Genes can disconnect the social brain in more than one way

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x04220192 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. 855-855

Author(s):

André Aleman ◽

René S. Kahn

Keyword(s):

Hemispheric Asymmetry ◽

Regulatory Genes ◽

Social Brain ◽

Cortical Connectivity ◽

The Social

Burns proposes an intriguing hypothesis by suggesting that the “schizophrenia genes” might not be regulatory genes themselves, but rather closely associated with regulatory genes directly involved in the proper growth of the social brain. We point out that this account would benefit from incorporating the effects of localized lesions and aberrant hemispheric asymmetry on cortical connectivity underlying the social brain. In addition, we argue that the evolutionary framework is superfluous.

Seven Computations of the Social Brain

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience ◽

10.1093/scan/nsab024 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tanaz Molapour ◽

Cindy C Hagan ◽

Brian Silston ◽

Haiyan Wu ◽

Maxwell Ramstead ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Interactions ◽

Social World ◽

Social Brain ◽

Verbal Cues ◽

True Nature ◽

Multiple Modalities ◽

The Social ◽

Processing Demands ◽

Social Signaling ◽

The Brain

ABSTRACT The social environment presents the human brain with the most complex of information processing demands. The computations that the brain must perform occur in parallel, combine social and nonsocial cues, produce verbal and non-verbal signals, and involve multiple cognitive systems; including memory, attention, emotion, learning. This occurs dynamically and at timescales ranging from milliseconds to years. Here, we propose that during social interactions, seven core operations interact to underwrite coherent social functioning; these operations accumulate evidence efficiently – from multiple modalities – when inferring what to do next. We deconstruct the social brain and outline the key components entailed for successful human social interaction. These include (1) social perception; (2) social inferences, such as mentalizing; (3) social learning; (4) social signaling through verbal and non-verbal cues; (5) social drives (e.g., how to increase one’s status); (6) determining the social identity of agents, including oneself; and (7) minimizing uncertainty within the current social context by integrating sensory signals and inferences. We argue that while it is important to examine these distinct aspects of social inference, to understand the true nature of the human social brain, we must also explain how the brain integrates information from the social world.

Developmental changes in the structure of the social brain in late childhood and adolescence

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience ◽

10.1093/scan/nss113 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 123-131 ◽

Cited By ~ 157

Author(s):

Kathryn L. Mills ◽

François Lalonde ◽

Liv S. Clasen ◽

Jay N. Giedd ◽

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Keyword(s):

Developmental Changes ◽

Late Childhood ◽

Childhood And Adolescence ◽

Social Brain ◽

The Social