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ArticleSocial cognitive and affective neuroscience2025

Cognitive and neural underpinnings of friend-prioritization in a perceptual matching task.

Tianyu Gao, Yuqing Zhou, Xinyue Pan, Wenxin Li, Shihui Han

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Tianyu GaoDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, 18 Jinfeng Road, Zhuhai 519087, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1766-6397
Yuqing ZhouCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Lincui Road, Beijing 100101, China.
Xinyue PanSchool of Management, Economics and Shenzhen Finance Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001 Longxiang Boulevard, Longgang District, Shenzhen 518172, China.
Wenxin LiSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, 52 Haidian Road, Beijing 100080, China.
Shihui HanSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, 52 Haidian Road, Beijing 100080, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3350-5104

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Chinesisch-Deutsche Zentrum M-0093Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 310400209521Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences E3CX1225Ministry of Science and Technology of China 2019YFA0707103National Center for Protein SciencesNational Natural Science Foundation of China 32230043 32300866 32300880 32371092 32371115the Scientific Start-up Foundation of Introduce Talent, Beijing Normal University 312200502502
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Abstract

Previous findings of better behavioral responses to self- over other-related stimuli suggest prioritized cognitive processes of self-related information. However, it is unclear whether the processing of information related to important others (e.g.friends) may be prioritized over that related to the self in certain subpopulations and, if yes, whether friend-prioritization and self-prioritization engage distinct cognitive and neural mechanisms. We collected behavioral and electroencephalography (EEG) data from a large sample (N = 1006) during learning associations between shapes and person labels (self or a friend). Analyses of response times and sensitivities revealed two subpopulations who performed better to friend-shape or self-shape associations, respectively (N = 216 for each group). Drift diffusion model (DDM) analyses unraveled faster information acquisition for friend-shape (vs. self-shape) associations in the friend-prioritization group but an opposite pattern in the self-prioritization group. Trial-by-trial regression analyses of EEG data showed that the greater amplitudes of a frontal/central activity at 180-240 ms poststimulus were correlated with faster information acquisition from friend-shape associations in the friend-prioritization group but from self-shape associations in the self-prioritization group. However, the frontal/central neural oscillations at 8-18 Hz during perceptual learning were specifically associated with speed of information acquisition from friend-shape associations in the friend-prioritization-group. Our findings provide evidence for friend-prioritization in perceptual learning in a subpopulation of adults and clarify the underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms.

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BrainCognitionFriendsAdolescentAdultElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMalePhotic StimulationReaction TimeYoung Adultdrift diffusion modelEEGfriend-prioritizationself-prioritizationshape-label matching task

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