Neural Pattern Similarity Unveils the Integration of Social Information and Aversive Learning.

ABSTRACT: Attributing intentions to others' actions is important for learning to avoid their potentially harmful consequences. Here, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging multivariate pattern analysis to investigate how the brain integrates information about others' intentions with the aversive outcome of their actions. In an interactive aversive learning task, participants (n = 33) were scanned while watching two alleged coparticipants (confederates)-one making choices intentionally and the other unintentionally-leading to aversive (a mild shock) or safe (no shock) outcomes to the participant. We assessed the trial-by-trial changes in participants' neural activation patterns related to observing the coparticipants and experiencing the outcome of their choices. Participants reported a higher

SUBMITTER: Undeger I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472208 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature