Neural correlates of observing joint actions with shared intentions

Eskenazi, Terry; Rueschemeyer, Shirley-Ann; de Lange, Floris P.; Knoblich, Günther; Sebanz, Natalie

doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.027

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Neural correlates of observing joint actions with shared intentions

Eskenazi, Terry, Rueschemeyer, Shirley-Ann, de Lange, Floris P., Knoblich, Günther, Sebanz, Natalie·2015·Cortex

DOI 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.027

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Studies on the neural bases of action perception have largely focused on the perception of individual actions. Little is known about perception of joint actions where two or more individuals coordinate their actions based on a shared intention. In this fMRI study we asked whether observing situations where two individuals act on a shared intention elicits a different neural response than observing situations where individuals act on their independent parallel intentions. We compared the neural response to perceptually identical yet intentionally ambiguous actions observed in varying contexts. A dialog between two individuals conveyed either a shared intention or two independent parallel intentions. The dialogs were followed by an identical video clip where the two individuals performed certain actions. In one task condition participants tracked the intentions of the actors, in the other, they monitored moving colored dots placed on the same videos. We found that in the intention task versus the color task, observing joint actions based on shared intentions activated the temporal poles, precuneus, and the ventral striatum compared to observing interactions based on parallel intentions. Precuneus and the temporal poles are thought to support mental state reasoning, the latter with a more specific role in retrieving memories associated with social scripts. Activation in the ventral striatum, an area involved in reward processing, likely indicates a hedonistic response to observed shared intentional relations similarly to those experienced when personally sharing mental states with others.

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Functional MRI studies show that experiencing partial components of positive social interactions-such as real-time eye gaze sharing, hearing laughter after a joke, or observing videos from someone with a shared intention-activates neural reward systems in ways similar to non-social rewards like monetary rewards.
“Functional MRI studies have shown that experiencing partial components of positive social interactions such as real time sharing of eye gaze,67 hearing someone laugh after a telling a joke,68 and observing videos from someone who has a shared intention,69 activates neural reward systems in similar ways as do non-social rewards (eg, monetary rewards).”
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Authors: Eskenazi, T., Rueschemeyer, S.-A., de Lange, F. P., Knoblich, G., & Sebanz, N.
Affiliations: Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
University of York (GB)
Central European University - Budapest Campus (HU)
Corresponding author: Eskenazi, Terry
ORCID: Eskenazi, Terry
Knoblich, Günther
Sebanz, Natalie
Venue: Cortex
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2015-09
Volume: 70
Pages: 90-100
ISSN: 0010-9452 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.027
OpenAlex: W617267373
Cited by: 30
References: 83
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1
FWCI: 6.00
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Cortex (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
Funders: European Research Council (609819)
SOMICS (616072)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
Keywords: joint action, shared intentionality, action observation, social cognition, theory of mind, temporal pole, precuneus, ventral striatum, social scripts, reward processing
MeSH terms: Adult, Brain, Brain Mapping, Cooperative Behavior, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Parietal Lobe, Social Perception, Temporal Lobe, Intention, Young Adult, Theory of Mind, Functional Neuroimaging, Ventral Striatum

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