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Convergent BOLD and Beta-Band Activity in Superior Temporal Sulcus and Frontolimbic Circuitry Underpins Human Emotion Cognition

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Jabbi, Mbemba, Kohn, Philip D., Nash, Tiffany, Ianni, Angela, Coutlee, Christopher, Holroyd, Tom, Carver, Frederick W., Chen, Qiang +5 more·2015·Cerebral Cortex

Abstract

The processing of social information in the human brain is widely distributed neuroanatomically and finely orchestrated over time. However, a detailed account of the spatiotemporal organization of these key neural underpinnings of human social cognition remains to be elucidated. Here, we applied functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) in the same participants to investigate spatial and temporal neural patterns evoked by viewing videos of facial muscle configurations. We show that observing the emergence of expressions elicits sustained blood oxygenation level-dependent responses in the superior temporal sulcus (STS), a region implicated in processing meaningful biological motion. We also found corresponding event-related changes in sustained MEG beta-band (14-30 Hz) oscillatory activity in the STS, consistent with the possible role of beta-band activity in visual perception. Dynamically evolving fearful and happy expressions elicited early (0-400 ms) transient beta-band activity in sensorimotor cortex that persisted beyond 400 ms, at which time it became accompanied by a frontolimbic spread (400-1000 ms). In addition, individual differences in sustained STS beta-band activity correlated with speed of emotion recognition, substantiating the behavioral relevance of these signals. This STS beta-band activity showed valence-specific coupling with the time courses of facial movements as they emerged into full-blown fearful and happy expressions (negative and positive coupling, respectively). These data offer new insights into the perceptual relevance and orchestrated function of the STS and interconnected pathways in social-emotion cognition.

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Jabbi, M., Kohn, P. D., Nash, T., Ianni, A., Coutlee, C., Holroyd, T., Carver, F. W., Chen, Q., Cropp, B., Kippenhan, J. S., Robinson, S. E., Coppola, R., & Berman, K. F.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Jabbi, Mbemba
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2014-01-23
Volume
25
Issue
7
Pages
1878-1888
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W2100471394
Cited by
39
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3
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2.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
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public-domain
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  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (Z01MH002717)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007198)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
superior temporal sulcus, beta oscillations, BOLD signal, facial expression perception, emotion recognition, social cognition, sensorimotor cortex, individual differences, spatiotemporal neural dynamics
MeSH terms
Facial Recognition, Adult, Beta Rhythm, Brain Mapping, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Cognition, Emotions, Evoked Potentials, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Limbic System, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Neuropsychological Tests, Oxygen, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time, Temporal Lobe, Magnetoencephalography

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