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ReviewSocial cognitive and affective neuroscience2022

Non-invasive stimulation of the social brain: the methodological challenges.

Tegan Penton, Caroline Catmur, Michael J Banissy, Geoffrey Bird, Vincent Walsh

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Review in Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Tegan PentonDepartment of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London SE14 6NW, UK.
Caroline CatmurMRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK.
Michael J BanissyDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK.
Geoffrey BirdDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK.
Vincent WalshInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/M50175X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Use of non-invasive brain stimulation methods (NIBS) has become a common approach to study social processing in addition to behavioural, imaging and lesion studies. However, research using NIBS to investigate social processing faces challenges. Overcoming these is important to allow valid and reliable interpretation of findings in neurotypical cohorts, but also to allow us to tailor NIBS protocols to atypical groups with social difficulties. In this review, we consider the utility of brain stimulation as a technique to study and modulate social processing. We also discuss challenges that face researchers using NIBS to study social processing in neurotypical adults with a view to highlighting potential solutions. Finally, we discuss additional challenges that face researchers using NIBS to study and modulate social processing in atypical groups. These are important to consider given that NIBS protocols are rarely tailored to atypical groups before use. Instead, many rely on protocols designed for neurotypical adults despite differences in brain function that are likely to impact response to NIBS.

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Transcranial Direct Current StimulationTranscranial Magnetic StimulationBrainHumansAutism Spectrum Disordernon-invasive brain stimulationsocial cognitionsocial perceptionstate-dependent TMS

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PMID32734295
PMCPMC9083106

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