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ArticleScience advances2021

Social prediction modulates activity of macaque superior temporal cortex.

Lea Roumazeilles, Matthias Schurz, Mathilde Lojkiewiez, Lennart Verhagen, Urs Schüffelgen, Kevin Marche, Ali Mahmoodi, Andrew Emberton, Kelly Simpson, Olivier Joly and 4 more

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Lea RoumazeillesWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2195-7621
Matthias SchurzWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6344-9943
Mathilde LojkiewiezWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Lennart VerhagenWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3207-7929
Urs SchüffelgenWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Kevin MarcheWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0663-5253
Ali MahmoodiWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Andrew EmbertonBiomedical Sciences Services, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Kelly SimpsonBiomedical Sciences Services, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Olivier JolyWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5818-6552
Mehdi KhamassiWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2515-1046
Matthew F S RushworthWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5578-9884
Rogier B MarsWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6302-8631
Jérôme SalletWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7878-0209

Funding

Mapping the Human Connectome: Structure, Function, and HeritabilityU54MH091657 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI UGURBIL, KAMIL, VAN ESSEN, DAVID C · 2010 to 2014
$34.7M
Medical Research Council G0400593Medical Research Council G0902373Medical Research Council MR/P024955/1NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH091657Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to attribute thoughts to others, also called theory of mind (TOM), has been extensively studied in humans; however, its evolutionary origins have been challenged. Computationally, the basis of TOM has been interpreted within the predictive coding framework and associated with activity in the temporoparietal junction (TPJ). Here, we revealed, using a nonlinguistic task and functional magnetic resonance imaging, that activity in a region of the macaque middle superior temporal cortex was specifically modulated by the predictability of social situations. As in human TPJ, this region could be distinguished from other temporal regions involved in face processing. Our result suggests the existence of a precursor for the TOM ability in the last common ancestor of human and Old World monkeys.

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