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Structural Neural Substrates of Reading the Mind in the Eyes
The ability to read the minds of others in their eyes plays an important role in human adaptation to social environments. Behavioral studies have resulted in the development of a test to measure this ability (Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, revised version; Eyes Test), and have demonstrated that...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826880/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27148008 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00151 |
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author | Sato, Wataru Kochiyama, Takanori Uono, Shota Sawada, Reiko Kubota, Yasutaka Yoshimura, Sayaka Toichi, Motomi |
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description | The ability to read the minds of others in their eyes plays an important role in human adaptation to social environments. Behavioral studies have resulted in the development of a test to measure this ability (Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, revised version; Eyes Test), and have demonstrated that this ability is consistent over time. Although functional neuroimaging studies revealed brain activation while performing the Eyes Test, the structural neural substrates supporting consistent performance on the Eyes Test remain unclear. In this study, we assessed the Eyes Test and analyzed structural magnetic resonance images using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in healthy participants. Test performance was positively associated with the gray matter volumes of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, inferior parietal lobule (temporoparietal junction), and precuneus in the left hemisphere. These results suggest that the fronto-temporoparietal network structures support the consistent ability to read the mind in the eyes. |
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spelling | pubmed-48268802016-05-04 Structural Neural Substrates of Reading the Mind in the Eyes Sato, Wataru Kochiyama, Takanori Uono, Shota Sawada, Reiko Kubota, Yasutaka Yoshimura, Sayaka Toichi, Motomi Front Hum Neurosci Neuroscience The ability to read the minds of others in their eyes plays an important role in human adaptation to social environments. Behavioral studies have resulted in the development of a test to measure this ability (Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, revised version; Eyes Test), and have demonstrated that this ability is consistent over time. Although functional neuroimaging studies revealed brain activation while performing the Eyes Test, the structural neural substrates supporting consistent performance on the Eyes Test remain unclear. In this study, we assessed the Eyes Test and analyzed structural magnetic resonance images using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in healthy participants. Test performance was positively associated with the gray matter volumes of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, inferior parietal lobule (temporoparietal junction), and precuneus in the left hemisphere. These results suggest that the fronto-temporoparietal network structures support the consistent ability to read the mind in the eyes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4826880/ /pubmed/27148008 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00151 Text en Copyright © 2016 Sato, Kochiyama, Uono, Sawada, Kubota, Yoshimura and Toichi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution and reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Sato, Wataru Kochiyama, Takanori Uono, Shota Sawada, Reiko Kubota, Yasutaka Yoshimura, Sayaka Toichi, Motomi Structural Neural Substrates of Reading the Mind in the Eyes |
title | Structural Neural Substrates of Reading the Mind in the Eyes |
title_full | Structural Neural Substrates of Reading the Mind in the Eyes |
title_fullStr | Structural Neural Substrates of Reading the Mind in the Eyes |
title_full_unstemmed | Structural Neural Substrates of Reading the Mind in the Eyes |
title_short | Structural Neural Substrates of Reading the Mind in the Eyes |
title_sort | structural neural substrates of reading the mind in the eyes |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826880/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27148008 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00151 |
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