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Grasping the Intentions of Others: The Perceived Intentionality of an Action Influences Activity in the Superior Temporal Sulcus during Social Perception
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An explication of the neural substrates for social perception is an important component in the emerging field of social cognitive neuroscience and is relevant to the field of cognitive neuroscience as a whole. Prior studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that passive viewing of biological motion (Pelphrey, Mitchell, et al., 2003; Puce et al., 1998) activates the posterior superior temporal sulcus (STS ) region. Furthermore, recent evidence has shown that the perceived context of observed gaze shifts (Pelphrey, Singerman, et al., 2003; Pelphrey et al., 2004) modulates STS activity. Here, using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging at 4 T, we investigated brain activity in response to passive viewing of goal- and nongoal-directed reaching-to-grasp movements. Participants viewed an animated character making reaching-to-grasp movements either toward (correct) or away (incorrect) from a blinking dial. Both conditions evoked significant posterior STS activity that was strongly right lateralized. By examining the time course of the blood oxygenation level-dependent response from areas of activation, we observed a functional dissociation. Incorrect trials evoked significantly greater activity in the STS than did correct trials, while an area posterior and inferior to the STS (likely corresponding to the MT/ V5 complex) responded equally to correct and incorrect movements. Parietal cortical regions, including the superior parietal lobule and the anterior intraparietal sulcus, also responded equally to correct and incorrect movements, but showed evidence for differential responding based on the hand and arm (left or right) of the animated character used to make the reaching-to-grasp movement. The results of this study further suggest that a region of the right posterior STS is involved in analyzing the intentions of other people's actions and that activity in this region is sensitive to the context of observed biological motions.
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“Electrophysiological and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies consistently report the involvement of the pSTS in the perception of biological motion and eye gaze (Puce & Perrett 2003) and in grasping the intentionality and appropriateness of biological motion (Pelphrey et al. 2004).”
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“…findings, claiming that posterior brain regions such as pSTS, IPL, and TPJ play a crucial role in intention understanding (Ciaramidaro et al., 2007; Pelphrey et al., 2004; Saxe & Kanwisher, 2003; Saxe et al., 2004; Young, Dodell-Feder, & Saxe, 2010; see Van Overwalle & Baetens, 2009; for a review).”
Autism, social cognition and superior temporal sulcus
Zilbovicius, M., Saitovitch, A., Popa, T., Rechtman, E., Diamandis, L., Chabane, N., Brunelle, F., Samson, Y., & Boddaert, N. (2013) · Open Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.4236/ojpsych.2013.32a008 · Cited by 23
“Indeed, STS activation has been reported in response to possible versus impossible human movements [46] and meaningful versus non-meaningful hand motions [47], as well as to the intentionality of other observed human actions including reaching-to-grasp movements of the arm and hand [48].”
BackgroundThe neural representation of human versus nonhuman bipeds and quadrupeds
Papeo, L., Wurm, M. F., Oosterhof, N. N., & Caramazza, A. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14424-7 · Cited by 21
Differences in regional grey matter volumes in currently ill patients with anorexia nervosa
Phillipou, A., Rossell, S. L., Gurvich, C., Castle, D. J., Abel, L. A., Nibbs, R. G., & Hughes, M. E. (2017) · European Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1111/ejn.13793 · Cited by 21
“aspects of recovery (Holroyd & Yeung, 2012); reduced volumes in parietal regions may contribute to deficits in the perception of one’s body through difficulties in spatial and visual integration (Andersen, 2011); and atrophy in superior temporal regions may be related to problems in grasping the intention of others (P…”
BackgroundInfluentialAranda‐Martín, B., Ballesteros, M. Á., & Lupiáñez, J. (2022) · British Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1111/bjop.12552 · Cited by 21
Wolf, D., Mittelberg, I., Rekittke, L.-M., Bhavsar, S., Zvyagintsev, M., Haeck, A., Cong, F., Klasen, M., & Mathiak, K. (2018) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2018.00296 · Cited by 19
“, 2014) as well as toward the reaction of the interacting partner, and, second, to a re-evaluation and remodeling of the agent’s intentions and motivations (Pelphrey et al., 2004; Saxe et al., 2004).”
BackgroundInfluentialEffects of peripheral eccentricity and head orientation on gaze discrimination
Palanica, A., & Itier, R. J. (2014) · Visual Cognition · doi:10.1080/13506285.2014.990545 · Cited by 19
Beyond human intentions and emotions
Juan, E., Frum, C., Bianchi‐Demicheli, F., Wang, Y., Lewis, J. W., & Cacioppo, S. (2013) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00099 · Cited by 19
“MINI REVIEW ARTICLE published: 27 March 2013 doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00099 Beyond human intentions and emotions”
BackgroundInfluentialA Causal Role of the Right Superior Temporal Sulcus in Emotion Recognition From Biological Motion
Basil, R. A., Westwater, M. L., Wiener, M., & Thompson, J. C. (2017) · Open Mind · doi:10.1162/opmi_a_00015 · Cited by 18
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“Gaze shifts, for example, inform about the focus of attention and intentions of others (Pelphrey et al., 2004).”
BackgroundPavlidou, A., Schnitzler, A., & Lange, J. (2014) · Cortex · doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2014.02.007 · Cited by 19
Ding, X., Ding, J., Hua, B., Xiong, X., Xiao, L., Fang, P., Chen, L., Pan, X., & Wang, Q. (2017) · Neuroscience Letters · doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2017.02.015 · Cited by 19
From social-signal detection to higher social cognition: an fMRI approach
Sugiura, M., Yomogida, Y., Mano, Y., Sassa, Y., Kambara, T., Sekiguchi, A., & Kawashima, R. (2013) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nst119 · Cited by 18
“…to suggest that the human pSTS is located at an advanced, rather than ‘initial’ stage, of socialsignal processing; activation in this region is modulated by the congruency of presented gaze-shift or action with the prediction (Pelphrey et al., 2004a,b) and task demand (Jastorff and Orban, 2009).”
BackgroundResultInfluentialBenetti, S., Ferrari, A., & Pavani, F. (2023) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2023.1108354 · Cited by 22
“Interestingly, there is evidence of a functional dissociation between hMT and pSTS, with only the latter being sensitive to violations of action intentions (Pelphrey et al., 2004).”
BackgroundError observation as a window on performance monitoring in social contexts? A systematic review
Musco, M. A., Zazzera, E., Paulesu, E., & Sacheli, L. M. (2023) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105077 · Cited by 19
The Neural Selection and Integration of Actions and Objects: An fMRI Study
Yoon, E. Y., Humphreys, G. W., Kumar, S., & Rotshtein, P. (2012) · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1162/jocn_a_00256 · Cited by 20
“In addition, the STS appear to be involved in understanding the intention of actions performed by others (Pelphrey, Morris, & McCarthy, 2004 ).”
BackgroundAction recognition is sensitive to the identity of the actor
Ferstl, Y., Bülthoff, H., & de la Rosa, S. (2017) · Cognition · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2017.05.036 · Cited by 18
Yu, Y., Wang, X., Yang, J., & Qiu, J. (2020) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.021 · Cited by 18
Hemodynamic signals of mixed messages during a social exchange
Zucker, N. L., GREEN, S. M., Morris, J. P., Kragel, P. A., Pelphrey, K. A., Bulik, C. M., & LaBar, K. S. (2011) · Neuroreport · doi:10.1097/wnr.0b013e3283455c23 · Cited by 17
“Neural models of contextual expectancy violation in biological motion cues have emphasized the role of the superior temporal sulcus (STS), particularly in its right posterior aspect [6,7].”
Conboy, V., Edwards, C., Ainsworth, R., Natusch, D., Burcham, C., Danisment, B., Khot, S., Seymour, R. J., Larcombe, S. J., Tracey, I., et al. (2021) · The Journal of Physiology · doi:10.1113/jp281273 · Cited by 17
Unfamiliar Walking Movements Are Detected Early in the Visual Stream: An fMRI Study
Maffei, V., Giusti, M. A., Macaluso, E., Lacquaniti, F., & Viviani, P. (2014) · Cerebral Cortex · doi:10.1093/cercor/bhu008 · Cited by 17
Nonmotor Aspects of Action Concepts
Leshinskaya, A., & Caramazza, A. (2014) · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1162/jocn_a_00679 · Cited by 18
“, 2008), that are incongruent with a facial expression (Vander Wyk, Hudac, Carter, Sobel, & Pelphrey, 2009) or incorrect with respect to a task instruction (Pelphrey et al., 2004) that stimulate activity in pSTS.”
BackgroundPavlidou, A., Schnitzler, A., & Lange, J. (2012) · Human Brain Mapping · doi:10.1002/hbm.22207 · Cited by 17
“Finally, owing to the vast reports on the importance of STS and temporal areas in action recognition (e.g., Dinstein et al., 2007; Grossman and Blake, 2001, 2002; Grossman et al., 2000; Pavlova et al., 2004; Pelphrey et al., 2004), eight sensors in the left and symmetrically eight sensors in the right hemisphere were…”
BackgroundSensory and Motor Brain Areas Supporting Biological Motion Perception
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Electrophysiological responses to violations of expectation from eye gaze and arrow cues
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“…in children (Mosconi et al., 2005) and also, for other types of violations of expectation from other types of human action (Grezes et al., 2004; Pelphrey et al., 2004; Morris, et al., 2005; Saxe et al., 2004) including the violation of rational actions (Brass et al., 2007; Jastorff et al.,…”
Audio-Visual Perception of Everyday Natural Objects – Hemodynamic Studies in Humans
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“…with previous findings reporting activity in (p)STS in adults in response to a violation of expectations with respect to intentions, goals, and plausibility of observed (biological and non-biological) actions (Brass et al., 2007; Gao et al., 2012; Pelphrey et al., 2004; Vander Wyk et al., 2009).”
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“the inference of others’ mental states and intention of others’ actions (Vander Wyk et al., 2009; Pelphrey et al., 2004; Ciaramidaro et al., 2007).”
BackgroundCortical regions involved in the observation of bimanual actions
Heitger, M. H., Macé, M. J. ‐., Jastorff, J., Swinnen, S. P., & Orban, G. A. (2012) · Journal of Neurophysiology · doi:10.1152/jn.00408.2012 · Cited by 15
Neural and behavioral signature of human social perception
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Metadata
- Authors
- Pelphrey, K. A., Morris, J. P., & McCarthy, G.
- Affiliations
- Duke University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Published
- 2004-12-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1706-1716
- ISSN
- 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
- 1530-8898
- OpenAlex
- W2103546211
- Cited by
- 454
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 29 · 2013: 35 · 2012: 35
- FWCI
- 19.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
- UNC Libraries
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institutes of Health (5u54mh066418-05)
- National Institute of Mental Health (HD40127, 1U54MH66418, MH-05 286, R01MH005286)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (T32HD040127)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- social perception, intentionality, action observation, posterior superior temporal sulcus, biological motion, gaze shifts, MT/V5, parietal cortex
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Computer Graphics, Evoked Potentials, Female, Goals, Hand, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Motion Perception, Movement, Social Perception, Temporal Lobe, Comprehension, Intention
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