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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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Pelphrey, Kevin A., Morris, James P., McCarthy, Gregory·2004·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
DOI 10.1162/0898929042947900
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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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Authors
Pelphrey, K. A., Morris, J. P., & McCarthy, G.
Affiliations
Duke University (US)
ORCID
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
DOI
10.1162/0898929042947900
OpenAlex
W2103546211
Cited by
454
References
50
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FWCI
19.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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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