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Diveica V, Koldewyn K, Binney RJ. Establishing a role of the semantic control network in social cognitive processing: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies. Neuroimage. 2021;245:118702doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118702.
Diveica, V., Koldewyn, K., & Binney, R. J. (2021). Establishing a role of the semantic control network in social cognitive processing: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies. NeuroImage, 245118702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118702
Diveica, Veronica, et al. "Establishing a role of the semantic control network in social cognitive processing: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies." NeuroImage vol. 245 (2021): 118702. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118702
Diveica V, Koldewyn K, Binney RJ. Establishing a role of the semantic control network in social cognitive processing: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies. Neuroimage. 2021 Nov 04;245:118702. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118702. Epub 2021 Nov 04. PMID: 34742940.
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Neuroimage. 2021 Nov 04;245:118702. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118702. Epub 2021 Nov 04.

Establishing a role of the semantic control network in social cognitive processing: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies.

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Veronica Diveica, Kami Koldewyn, Richard J Binney

Affiliations

  1. School of Human and Behavioural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, LL57 2AS, United Kingdom.
  2. School of Human and Behavioural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, LL57 2AS, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34742940 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118702

Abstract

The contribution and neural basis of cognitive control is under-specified in many prominent models of socio-cognitive processing. Important outstanding questions include whether there are multiple, distinguishable systems underpinning control and whether control is ubiquitously or selectively engaged across different social behaviours and task demands. Recently, it has been proposed that the regulation of social behaviours could rely on brain regions specialised in the controlled retrieval of semantic information, namely the anterior inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and posterior middle temporal gyrus. Accordingly, we investigated for the first time whether the neural activation commonly found in social functional neuroimaging studies extends to these 'semantic control' regions. We conducted five coordinate-based meta-analyses to combine results of 499 fMRI/PET experiments and identified the brain regions consistently involved in semantic control, as well as four social abilities: theory of mind, trait inference, empathy and moral reasoning. This allowed an unprecedented parallel review of the neural networks associated with each of these cognitive domains. The results confirmed that the anterior left IFG region involved in semantic control is reliably engaged in all four social domains. This supports the hypothesis that social cognition is partly regulated by the neurocognitive system underpinning semantic control.

Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Cognitive control; Empathy; Meta-analysis; Moral reasoning; Theory of mind; Trait inference

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.

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