PMID- 18633846
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081210
LR  - 20091211
IS  - 1747-0927 (Electronic)
IS  - 1747-0919 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
DP  - 2008
TI  - Observing social interactions: the effect of gaze.
PG  - 51-9
LID - 10.1080/17470910701563269 [doi]
AB  - Our social abilities depend on specialized brain systems that allow us to perform 
      crucial operations such as interpreting the actions of others. This functional 
      magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated whether human brain activity 
      evoked by the observation of social interactions is modulated by gaze. During 
      scanning participants observed social or individual actions performed by agents 
      whose gaze could be either available or masked. Results demonstrated that the 
      observation of social interactions evoked activity within a dorsal sector of the 
      medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), an area classically involved in social 
      cognition. Importantly, activity within this area was modulated by whether the 
      gaze of the agents performing the observed action was or was not available. The 
      implications of these findings for a role played by the dorsal medial prefrontal 
      cortex (dMPFC) in terms of inferential processes concerned with social 
      interactions are considered.
FAU - Pierno, Andrea C
AU  - Pierno AC
AD  - University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
FAU - Becchio, Cristina
AU  - Becchio C
FAU - Turella, Luca
AU  - Turella L
FAU - Tubaldi, Federico
AU  - Tubaldi F
FAU - Castiello, Umberto
AU  - Castiello U
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Soc Neurosci
JT  - Social neuroscience
JID - 101279009
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Brain/physiology
MH  - Brain Mapping/methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Fixation, Ocular/*physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Interpersonal Relations
MH  - Male
MH  - Photic Stimulation/methods
EDAT- 2008/07/18 09:00
MHDA- 2008/12/17 09:00
CRDT- 2008/07/18 09:00
PHST- 2008/07/18 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/07/18 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 781530808 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/17470910701563269 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Soc Neurosci. 2008;3(1):51-9. doi: 10.1080/17470910701563269.