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The amygdala as a hub in brain networks that support social life
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A growing body of evidence suggests that the amygdala is central to handling the demands of complex social life in primates. In this paper, we synthesize extant anatomical and functional data from rodents, monkeys, and humans to describe the topography of three partially distinct large-scale brain networks anchored in the amygdala that each support unique functions for effectively managing social interactions and maintaining social relationships. These findings provide a powerful componential framework for parsing social behavior into partially distinct neural underpinnings that differ among healthy people and disintegrate or fail to develop in neuropsychiatric populations marked by social impairment, such as autism, antisocial personality disorder, and frontotemporal dementia.
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“The amygdala, with a large number of oxytocin and dopamine receptors 11,12 and strongly implicated in social cognition and social decision-making 3,13 , is a prominent candidate to encode deviations from a social reference-point.”
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“This is consistent with studies showing that the amygdala plays a critical role in allocating attention to other people 7 and in integrating social information 42 and social emotions 13 into decision-making.”
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“Indeed, the amygdala has been proposed to be a hub of social-affective circuitry that anchors distinct networks that respectively support overall social perception, social affiliation, and social aversion (Bickart et al., 2014).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bickart, K. C., Dickerson, B. C., & Feldman Barrett, L.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Northeastern University (US)
- Venue
- Neuropsychologia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-10
- Volume
- 63
- Pages
- 235-248
- ISSN
- 0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4981504
- OpenAlex
- W2066858195
- Cited by
- 344
- References
- 221
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 12
- FWCI
- 2.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (R01AG030311)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R21MH099605, R21MH097094)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R21NS084156)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- amygdala, large-scale brain networks, social behavior, social cognition, interpersonal relationships, social interaction, autism spectrum disorder, antisocial personality disorder, frontotemporal dementia, neuropsychiatric disorders, primate social behavior
- MeSH terms
- Amygdala, Animals, Brain, Humans, Nerve Net, Social Behavior, Social Perception
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