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Brains in dialogue: decoding neural preparation of speaking to a conversational partner
- Source :
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2017.
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Abstract
- In dialogue, language processing is adapted to the conversational partner. We hypothesize that the brain facilitates partner-adapted language processing through preparatory neural configurations (task sets) that are tailored to the conversational partner. In this experiment, we measured neural activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while healthy participants in the scanner (a) engaged in a verbal communication task with a conversational partner outside of the scanner, or (b) spoke outside of a conversational context (to test the microphone). Using multivariate searchlight analysis, we identify cortical regions that represent information on whether speakers plan to speak to a conversational partner or without having a partner. Most notably a region that has been associated with processing social-affective information and perspective taking, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, as well as regions that have been associated with prospective task representation, the bilateral ventral prefrontal cortex, are involved in encoding the speaking condition. Our results suggest that speakers prepare, in advance of speaking, for the social context in which they will speak.
- Subjects :
- Male
Theory of Mind
Task (project management)
0302 clinical medicine
Theory of mind
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Prospective Studies
Prefrontal cortex
Language
Cerebral Cortex
Brain Mapping
neuroimaging
medicine.diagnostic_test
Communication
05 social sciences
Brain
General Medicine
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
multivariate decoding
medicine.anatomical_structure
mentalizing
Female
Psychology
Cognitive psychology
Adult
Cognitive Neuroscience
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Prefrontal Cortex
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Context (language use)
behavioral disciplines and activities
050105 experimental psychology
conversational interaction
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Nonverbal communication
medicine
Humans
Speech
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Social Behavior
business.industry
Original Articles
Affect
Mentalization
task set
business
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17495024 and 17495016
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c7102edbfea597b37ef7d653cab44cfd