Early categorization of social affordances during the visual encoding of bodily stimuli

Autor: Q. Moreau, E. Parrotta, U.G. Pesci, V. Era, M. Candidi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: NeuroImage, Vol 274, Iss , Pp 120151- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1095-9572
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120151
Popis: Interpersonal interactions rely on various communication channels, both verbal and non-verbal, through which information regarding one's intentions and emotions are perceived. Here, we investigated the neural correlates underlying the visual processing of hand postures conveying social affordances (i.e., hand-shaking), compared to control stimuli such as hands performing non-social actions (i.e., grasping) or showing no movement at all. Combining univariate and multivariate analysis on electroencephalography (EEG) data, our results indicate that occipito-temporal electrodes show early differential processing of stimuli conveying social information compared to non-social ones. First, the amplitude of the Early Posterior Negativity (EPN, an Event-Related Potential related to the perception of body parts) is modulated differently during the perception of social and non-social content carried by hands. Moreover, our multivariate classification analysis (MultiVariate Pattern Analysis - MVPA) expanded the univariate results by revealing early (
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