PMID- 29208492
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20181221
LR  - 20181221
IS  - 1872-7697 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-8760 (Linking)
VI  - 123
DP  - 2018 Jan
TI  - Resting state connectivity mediates the relationship between collectivism and 
      social cognition.
PG  - 17-24
LID - S0167-8760(17)30547-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2017.12.002 [doi]
AB  - Humans are intrinsically social beings and it is natural that self-processing is 
      associated with social cognition. The degree to which the self is perceived as a 
      part of social environment is modulated by cultural stereotypes, such as 
      collectivism and individualism. Here, we tested the hypothesis that individuals 
      who endorse collectivist values would spontaneously think more about their 
      relationships with other people and this association would be mediated by 
      connectivity between the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and the rest of the 
      brain. Connectivity was evaluated based on resting state EEG data using the 
      recently developed methods, which combine beamformer spatial filtering with seed 
      based connectivity estimation. The formal mediation analysis revealed that 
      collectivism is associated with an enhanced connectivity of MPFC with a set of 
      cortical regions that are frequently co-activated in moral reasoning, empathy, 
      and theory of mind tasks and with diminished connectivity with the 
      precuneus\posterior cingulate cortex, which is involved in self-centered 
      cognition. The relationship between collectivism and social cognition was 
      mediated by MPFC connectivity with the left middle temporal gyrus implying that 
      in participants with collectivistic attitude, thinking about relationships with 
      other people may be associated with semantic memory retrieval and reasoning on 
      moral issues and others' intentions.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Knyazev, Gennady G
AU  - Knyazev GG
AD  - Laboratory of Psychophysiology of Individual Differences, Institute of Physiology 
      and Basic Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: knyazev@physiol.ru.
FAU - Savostyanov, Alexander N
AU  - Savostyanov AN
AD  - Laboratory of Psychophysiology of Individual Differences, Institute of Physiology 
      and Basic Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia; Humanitarian Institute, Novosibirsk 
      State University, Novosibirsk, Russia.
FAU - Bocharov, Andrey V
AU  - Bocharov AV
AD  - Laboratory of Psychophysiology of Individual Differences, Institute of Physiology 
      and Basic Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia; Humanitarian Institute, Novosibirsk 
      State University, Novosibirsk, Russia.
FAU - Merkulova, Ekaterina A
AU  - Merkulova EA
AD  - Laboratory of Psychophysiology of Individual Differences, Institute of Physiology 
      and Basic Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20171205
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Int J Psychophysiol
JT  - International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International 
      Organization of Psychophysiology
JID - 8406214
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Altruism
MH  - Connectome/*methods
MH  - Electroencephalography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Prefrontal Cortex/diagnostic imaging/*physiology
MH  - *Social Perception
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Collectivism
OT  - Connectivity
OT  - Medial prefrontal cortex
OT  - Mediation analysis
OT  - Social cognition
EDAT- 2017/12/07 06:00
MHDA- 2018/12/24 06:00
CRDT- 2017/12/07 06:00
PHST- 2017/09/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/11/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/12/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/12/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/12/24 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/12/07 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0167-8760(17)30547-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2017.12.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Psychophysiol. 2018 Jan;123:17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2017.12.002. 
      Epub 2017 Dec 5.