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Santos, Natacha S., Kuzmanovic, B., David, N., Rotarska-Jagiela, A., Eickhoff, S. B., Shah, J. N., Fink, G. R., Bente, G. and Vogeley, K. (2010). Animated brain: A functional neuroimaging study on animacy experience. Neuroimage, 53 (1). S. 291 - 303. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1095-9572

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Abstract

Previous research used animated geometric figures to investigate social cognitive processes involved in ascribing mental states to others (e.g. mentalizing). The relationship between animacy perception and brain areas commonly involved in social cognition, as well as the influence of particular motion patterns on animacy experience, however, remains to be further elucidated. We used a recently introduced paradigm for the systematic variation of motion properties, and employed functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify the neural mechanisms underlying animacy experience. Based on individual ratings of increased animacy experience the following brain regions of the social neural network (SNN), known to be involved in social cognitive processes, were recruited: insula, superior temporal gyros, fusiform gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex bilaterally. Decreased animacy experience was associated with increased neural activity in the inferior parietal and inferior frontal gyrus, key constituents of the human mirror neuron system (hMNS). These findings were corroborated when analyses were based on movement patterns alone, irrespective of subjective experience. Additionally to the areas found for increased animacy experience, an increase in interactive movements elicited activity in the amygdala and the temporal pole. In conclusion, the results suggest that the hMNS is recruited during a low-level stage of animacy judgment representing a basic disposition to detect the salience of movements, whereas the SNN appears to be a high-level processing component serving evaluation in social and mental inference. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Santos, Natacha S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kuzmanovic, B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED David, N. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rotarska-Jagiela, A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Eickhoff, S. B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Shah, J. N. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fink, G. R. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bente, G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vogeley, K. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-494268
DOI:	10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.080
Journal or Publication Title:	Neuroimage
Volume:	53
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 291 - 303
Date:	2010
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1095-9572
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MIRROR-NEURON SYSTEM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; EVENT-RELATED FMRI; SOCIAL COGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MOTION; VISUAL-PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MANIPULATABLE OBJECTS; INTENTIONAL MOVEMENT Multiple languages Neurosciences; Neuroimaging; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/49426