When Strangers Pass

Pelphrey, Kevin A.; Viola, Ronald J.; McCarthy, Gregory

doi:10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00726.x

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“…Some studies show that pSTS responds more to direct gaze (Pelphrey et al, 2004), averted gaze (Hoffman & Haxby, 2000;Puce et al, 1998), is equivalent for direct and averted gaze (Wicker et al, 1998), and some show no response in STS (George, Driver, & Dolan, 2001;Kawashima et al, 1999). These conflicting results may also account for the absence of STS sensitivity to gaze direction in the current study.…”

Section: Gaze Directioncontrasting

confidence: 56%

“…Within this network, the STS and intraparietal sulcus (IPS) have been associated with different functional processes during gaze perception (Nummenmaa, Passamonti, Rowe, Engell, & Calder, 2010;Hoffman & Haxby, 2000). Anterior and posterior segments of STS (aSTS and pSTS, respectively) are associated with processing gaze direction (Calder et al, 2007;Pelphrey, Viola, & McCarthy, 2004;Hooker et al, 2003;Pelphrey, Singerman, Allison, & McCarthy, 2003;Puce, Allison, Bentin, Gore, & McCarthy, 1998;Wicker, Michel, Henaff, & Decety, 1998;Perrett et al, 1985). In contrast, IPS has been shown to respond specifically to attention-shifting aspects of gaze perception (Materna, Dicke, & Thier, 2008;Hietanen, Nummenmaa, Nyman, Parkkola, & Hämäläinen, 2006) and the observerʼs tendency to shift gaze and attention in the same direction as the observed individual (Driver et al, 1999;Langton & Bruce, 1999;Friesen & Kingstone, 1998).…”

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Eye Can See What You Want: Posterior Intraparietal Sulcus Encodes the Object of an Actor's Gaze

Ramsey

Cross

Hamilton

2011

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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Abstract■ In a social setting, seeing Sally look at a clock means something different to seeing her gaze longingly at a slice of chocolate cake. In both cases, her eyes and face might be turned rightward, but the information conveyed is markedly different, depending on the object of her gaze. Numerous studies have examined brain systems underlying the perception of gaze direction, but less is known about the neural basis of perceiving gaze shifts to specific objects. During fMRI, participants observed an actor look toward one of two objects, each occupying a distinct location. Video stimuli were sequenced to obtain repetition suppression (RS) for object identity, independent of spatial location. In a control condition, a spotlight highlighted one of the objects, but no actor was present. Observation of the human actorʼs gaze compared with the spotlight engaged frontal, parietal, and temporal cortices, consistent with a broad action observation network. RS for gazed object in the human condition was found in posterior intraparietal sulcus (pIPS). RS for highlighted object in the spotlight condition was found in middle occipital, inferior temporal, medial fusiform gyri, and superior parietal lobule. These results suggest that human pIPS is specifically sensitive to the type object that an observed actor looks at (tool vs. food), irrespective of the observed actorʼs gaze location (left vs. right). A general attention or lower-level object feature processing mechanism cannot account for the findings because a very different response pattern was seen in the spotlight control condition. Our results suggest that, in addition to spatial orienting, human pIPS has an important role in object-centered social orienting. ■

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Section: Gaze Directioncontrasting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Eye Can See What You Want: Posterior Intraparietal Sulcus Encodes the Object of an Actor's Gaze

Ramsey

Cross

Hamilton

2011

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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“…Right STG function is of major interest in neuroscientific research on brain and mind interaction. Theory of mind studies and research on social interaction and empathic behavior throw critical light on tasks involving the right STG (Carr et al, 2003;Leslie, Johnson-Frey, & Grafton, 2004;Pelphrey, Viola, & McCarthy, 2004;Vö llm et al, 2006). Because the right STG is critically involved in social cognition and social perception, volume loss and STG dysfunction may underlie social dysfunction in psychopathy and indicate that right STG dysfunction could help to explain the psychopathic lack of empathy Mü ller et al, 2007).…”

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Disturbed prefrontal and temporal brain function during emotion and cognition interaction in criminal psychopathy

Müller

Sommer

Döhnel

et al. 2008

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Impaired emotional responsiveness has been revealed as a hallmark of psychopathy. In spite of an increasing database on emotion processing, studies on cognitive function and in particular on the impact of emotion on cognition in psychopathy are rare. We used pictures from the International Affective Picture Set (IAPS) and a Simon Paradigm to address emotion-cognition interaction while functional and structural imaging data were obtained in 12 healthy controls and 10 psychopaths. We found an impaired emotion-cognition interaction in psychopaths that correlated with a changed prefrontal and temporal brain activation. With regard to the temporal cortex, it is shown that structure and function of the right superior temporal gyrus is disturbed in psychopathy, supporting a neurobiological approach to psychopathy, in which structure and function of the right STG may be important.

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“…Consistent with prior studies in adults, the STS, middle temporal gyrus, and inferior parietal lobule were sensitive to the intentions underlying the stimulus character's eye movements. It has also been demonstrated that the STS region plays a critical role in processing eye gaze signals of approach and avoidance [50]. These findings suggest that achieving joint attention, a pivotal skill in social cognition, is facilitated by the analysis of sensory cues in the STS.…”

Section: Social Perception and Social Cognition: Implication Of The Tmentioning

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Autism, social cognition and superior temporal sulcus

Zilbovicius¹,

Saitovitch²,

Popa³

et al. 2013

OJPsych

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Results on brain imaging studies have led to a better understanding of the neural circuits involved in social cognition and its implication in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It has been shown that the superior temporal sulcus (STS) is highly implicated in social processes, from perception of socially relevant information, such as body movements or eye gaze, to more complex social cognition processes. Furthermore, several multimodal brain imaging results point to anatomo-functional abnormalities in the STS in both children and adults with ASD. These results are highly consistent with social impairments in ASD, among which eye gaze perception is particularly relevant. Gaze abnormalities can now be objectively measured using eye-tracking methodology, leading to a better characterization of social perception impairments in autism. Moreover, these gaze abnormalities have been associated with STS abnormalities in ASD. Based on these results, our hypothesis is that anatomo-functional anomalies in the STS occurring early across brain development could constitute the first step in the cascade of neural dysfunction underlying autism. In the present work, we'll review recent data of STS contribution to normal social cognition and it's implication in autism.

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When Strangers Pass

Cited by 310 publications

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Eye Can See What You Want: Posterior Intraparietal Sulcus Encodes the Object of an Actor's Gaze

Eye Can See What You Want: Posterior Intraparietal Sulcus Encodes the Object of an Actor's Gaze

Disturbed prefrontal and temporal brain function during emotion and cognition interaction in criminal psychopathy

Autism, social cognition and superior temporal sulcus

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