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Recognizing communicative intentions from single- and dyadic point light displays in autistic adults. 从自闭症成人的单点和双点光显示中识别交流意图。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-20 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2025.2491676

Małgorzata Krawczyk, Amy Pinkham, Karolina Golec-Staśkiewicz, Joanna Wysocka, Łukasz Okruszek

{"title":"Recognizing communicative intentions from single- and dyadic point light displays in autistic adults.","authors":"Małgorzata Krawczyk, Amy Pinkham, Karolina Golec-Staśkiewicz, Joanna Wysocka, Łukasz Okruszek","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2491676","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2491676","url":null,"abstract":"The present study compares the ability of non-autistic (NA) and autistic adults (ASD) with intellectual functioning in the normal range to process communicative intentions from biological motion (BM) - a capacity often considered as a prerequisite for a higher-order social cognition (SC). Twenty-nine ASD and 29 NA completed two tasks assessing the ability to recognize the communicative cues presented by either one or two point-light agents, as well as one point-light emotion recognition task and additional measures of SC abilities. Autistic participants demonstrated a decreased ability to recognize communicative intentions from BM (p = 0.02 for dyadic and p = 0.03 for single agent task) despite similar levels of neurocognitive and social cognitive functioning. Additional exploratory analyses revealed an indirect trajectory linking the capacity to recognize communication from BM with autism symptoms through social cognitive capacity. Autistic adults may experience difficulties in processing communicative intentions, even in the absence of detectable higher-order SC problems. A possible mechanism might be the engagement in compensatory strategies that are inadequate for detecting lower-order intuitive social cues. Therefore, including tasks that assess the ability to detect communicative cues from BM may be beneficial for autistic adults with high cognitive abilities, in whom SC difficulties might be overlooked.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"306-318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Empathy boosts the comprehension of nonverbal behavior. 同理心可以促进对非语言行为的理解。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2026.2626321

Alice Mado Proverbio, Benedetta Baraldi

{"title":"Empathy boosts the comprehension of nonverbal behavior.","authors":"Alice Mado Proverbio, Benedetta Baraldi","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2026.2626321","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2026.2626321","url":null,"abstract":"Empathy is a fundamental component of social cognition, yet its influence on the neural processing of non-verbal cues in neurotypical populations remains insufficiently explored. Using EEG/ERPs, we examined empathy-dependent modulation of gesture recognition during a caption - gesture congruence task, manipulating face visibility in participants with high versus low Empathy Quotients (EQ). Participants, classified via two standardized empathy scales, viewed 800 gesture images preceded by short textual descriptions, while their EEG activity was recorded. High-EQ individuals exhibited faster reaction times, particularly when facial cues were absent, suggesting enhanced sensitivity to degraded social information. ERP analyses focused on the N250, N400, and late positivity (LP) components revealed empathy-related modulations, with high-EQ individuals showing amplified anterior N250 responses, associated with social cognition, emotional processing, and reward-related face recognition, whose amplitude increased linearly with empathy scores. Enhanced N400 and LP amplitudes further suggested more efficient semantic integration and decision confidence in high-EQ individuals. Source reconstruction identified greater activation in the posterior cingulate cortex, limbic structures, fusiform face area, superior temporal gyrus, and fronto-parietal mirror neuron networks, regions critical for social and non-verbal cue processing. These findings highlight a robust empathy-dependent network supporting spontaneous gesture interpretation and the flexible decoding of social meaning.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"387-403"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146151129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How does teaching experience impact brain processes underlying the theory of mind? Study on primary school educators. 教学经验如何影响心智理论背后的大脑过程？小学教育工作者研究。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2024.2437404

Jan Szczypiński, Karolina Golec-Staśkiewicz, Agnieszka Pluta, Artur Marchewka

{"title":"How does teaching experience impact brain processes underlying the theory of mind? Study on primary school educators.","authors":"Jan Szczypiński, Karolina Golec-Staśkiewicz, Agnieszka Pluta, Artur Marchewka","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2024.2437404","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2024.2437404","url":null,"abstract":"Despite its importance for daily social interactions, few studies have explored interindividual differences in the Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities of healthy adults. We used Children's False-Attribution (CFA), Children's False-Beliefs (CFB), and Belief-Desire Reasoning tasks, along with fMRI-based assessments, in a comparative analysis of ToM among primary school teachers (PST; n = 27), skilled in social interactions with children, and matched controls (MC; n = 24), who lacked such experience. PST demonstrated slower reaction times than MC in Adult and Child false-belief stories of CFB. However, no other behavioral differences between the groups and between-group differences were observed at the brain level. Both groups presented similar valence ratings for stories in the CFA. Notably, fMRI analysis revealed a group-by-condition interaction effect in the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). In PSTs, OFC activation decreased during negative false-attribution stories regarding children compared to stories related to adults, whereas MC demonstrated an opposite activation pattern. Between-group differences in right lateral OFC activity possibly signify a neural efficiency effect secondary to frequent social interactions of PSTs, unlike the MCs, with children in the working environment. These results underscore the significance of everyday social experiences in the functional plasticity of ToM networks.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"348-366"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142786379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mothers with higher empathy have children who make moral decisions and exhibit higher medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) activity when discussing hypothetical moral dilemmas: an fNIRS study from Singapore. 新加坡的一项fNIRS研究表明，同理心较高的母亲的孩子在讨论假设的道德困境时，会做出道德决定，并表现出更高的内侧前额叶皮层（mPFC）活动。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2025.2526204

Farah Nabilah Binte Abdul Malek, Mengyu Lim, Vanessa Qi Lin Khoo, Zen Goh Ziyi, Hui Ping Sherry Chai, Nur Amirah Hakim Mustapha Kamal, Bhavya Arya, Gianluca Esposito, Atiqah Azhari

{"title":"Mothers with higher empathy have children who make moral decisions and exhibit higher medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) activity when discussing hypothetical moral dilemmas: an fNIRS study from Singapore.","authors":"Farah Nabilah Binte Abdul Malek, Mengyu Lim, Vanessa Qi Lin Khoo, Zen Goh Ziyi, Hui Ping Sherry Chai, Nur Amirah Hakim Mustapha Kamal, Bhavya Arya, Gianluca Esposito, Atiqah Azhari","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2526204","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2526204","url":null,"abstract":"Parents' empathic responses are crucial in shaping children's attitudes. Empathy triggers positive emotional responses, which facilitate adaptive moral judgment and utilitarian decisions. However, no study has examined the role of parental empathy in influencing children's moral reasoning and their underlying neural responses. In this study, we investigated the association between mothers' empathy levels and children's moral decisions and brain activity in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). 19 children wore a 20-channel functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) cap with a standard PFC montage while discussing preschool-aged stories with their mothers. We measured mothers' empathy levels using the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire and their preschool children's empathic tendencies by asking whether they would help the characters of these stories with simple chores in hypothetical scenarios. Findings showed that children are disposed to behave in ways parallel to their mother's attitudes. Empathic mothers have children who make prosocial decisions rooted in empathic mentalization. These helpful children also have higher activations in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), the brain area associated with ethical decision-making. This study highlights the impact of parent-child communication in strengthening children's moral knowledge and moral emotions and emphasizes that parents' attitudes and interactions play a significant role in children's decision-making abilities.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"333-347"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144530719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Comparing level 1 and level 2 visuo-spatial perspective-taking in the brain: evidence from fMRI. 比较大脑中1级和2级视觉空间视角：来自功能磁共振成像的证据。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2025.2490574

Matthias Schurz, Matthias G Tholen, Martin Kronbichler, Josef Perner, Andrew D R Surtees

{"title":"Comparing level 1 and level 2 visuo-spatial perspective-taking in the brain: evidence from fMRI.","authors":"Matthias Schurz, Matthias G Tholen, Martin Kronbichler, Josef Perner, Andrew D R Surtees","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2490574","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2490574","url":null,"abstract":"Level 1 visuo-spatial perspective-taking (VSPT) refers to judging what other people can and cannot see. Previous research has suggested that this form of VSPT can be achieved relatively effortlessly. Level 2 VSPT, which refers to judgments about how an object appears from different viewpoints, is conceptually more complex and linked to higher-level social cognition and mentalizing. Despite growing neuroscientific evidence on VSPT, fMRI studies have not yet directly compared levels of perspective-taking. Study 1 collected fMRI data from a within-subject comparison of level 2 versus level 1 VSPT. We used a common activation contrast comparing inconsistent versus consistent perspectives between self and others. In Study 2, we further distinguished the brain regions associated with level 2 VSPT from those responsive to stimulus ambiguity and complexity. To achieve this, we asked participants to adopt different viewpoints on ambiguous and unambiguous stimuli. Results from both studies found that brain activation for level 2 VSPT was particularly high in areas of the dorsal attention network. Follow-up connectivity analysis found that level 2 VSPT is primarily carried out by the dorsal attention and the frontoparietal network. These results align with theories suggesting that VSPT can be achieved by engaging visuospatial attention and inhibitory control processes.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"287-305"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144058866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Is transition from failing to passing False Belief Task reflected in the social brain? Insights from an fNIRS study with preschoolers. 从失败到通过错误信念任务的转变是否反映在社会大脑中？来自对学龄前儿童的近红外光谱研究的见解。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2026.2616288

Joanna Wysocka, Karolina Golec-Staśkiewicz, Maciej Haman, Tomasz Wolak, Agnieszka Pluta

{"title":"Is transition from failing to passing False Belief Task reflected in the social brain? Insights from an fNIRS study with preschoolers.","authors":"Joanna Wysocka, Karolina Golec-Staśkiewicz, Maciej Haman, Tomasz Wolak, Agnieszka Pluta","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2026.2616288","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2026.2616288","url":null,"abstract":"The preschool years are crucial for developing theory of mind (ToM) - understanding others' mental states. During this period, children transition from failing to passing explicit False Belief Tasks (eFBT), but the neural mechanisms behind this shift remain unclear. While the adult ToM brain network is well-studied, neuroimaging of children under six is limited. Most studies treat eFBT as a single process, overlooking distinct neurocognitive mechanisms in forming mental state representations (belief formation phase) and applying them to complete tasks (explicit answer phase). To address this gap, we investigated brain activity using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) during eFBT completion in preschoolers. Results show that the key brain regions critical for mentalizing (temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) and inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) activate in children regardless of their eFBT performance. This pattern was observed during the belief formation phase, when the discrepancy between the child's belief and the protagonist's belief is introduced. In addition, greater activity in the right IFG was observed in Passers compared to Non Passers during the explicit answer phase, regardless of condition. This suggests that Passers exerted more attention, possibly becoming more effective at applying belief-related knowledge during response selection. Findings align with developmental continuity approach to ToM development.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"367-386"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146012977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Oxytocin, Orexin-A, and empathy in medication-free major depressive disorder: a neurobiological perspective. 催产素、食欲素a和无药重性抑郁症的共情：一个神经生物学的观点。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2025.2600995

Didem Sule Erdem, Saliha Özsoy, Ummühan Abdulrezzak

{"title":"Oxytocin, Orexin-A, and empathy in medication-free major depressive disorder: a neurobiological perspective.","authors":"Didem Sule Erdem, Saliha Özsoy, Ummühan Abdulrezzak","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2600995","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2600995","url":null,"abstract":"Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common disorder influenced by biopsychosocial factors. There is conflicting and insufficient evidence regarding the role of neuropeptides such as Orexin-A and Oxytocin (OCT) and its association with empathy in MDD. This study aimed to address this question which is not only important for a better neurobiological understanding but could also lead to novel biomarkers. Sixty-nine antidepressant-free patients (48 females, 21 males) diagnosed with MDD according to DSM-5 criteria and 32 healthy controls (19 females, 13 males) were included. Serum Orexin-A and OCT levels were measured, and empathy and depression were assessed using the Basic Empathy Scale and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Patients showed lower cognitive empathy than controls (Z = 4.161, p < 0.001), with significant differences only in females. Emotional and total empathy scores did not differ between groups. Patients had higher serum OCT levels (Z = 1.989, p = 0.047), while Orexin-A levels showed no clear group differences. Longer illness duration and more depressive episodes were modestly associated with higher emotional and total empathy. OCT levels showed a weak positive association with cognitive empathy. Lower cognitive empathy and elevated OCT levels may relate to depressive pathology, but further studies are needed to clarify these relationships.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"229-237"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145726914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Inequity aversion under procedural justice in deaf college students: an ERP study. 失聪大学生程序公正下的不公平厌恶：ERP研究。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-12 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2025.2601852

Xue Du, Jian Liang, Chenxi Li, Jianjun Mou, Qinqin Zheng

{"title":"Inequity aversion under procedural justice in deaf college students: an ERP study.","authors":"Xue Du, Jian Liang, Chenxi Li, Jianjun Mou, Qinqin Zheng","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2601852","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2601852","url":null,"abstract":"The inconsistent change of inequity aversion under procedural justice may result from the individual difference of cognitive processing ability for information. Deaf college students' social cognition is challenged by systemic barriers that limit inclusive communication and social interaction. However, it is still unknown how inequity aversion manifests among deaf college students in the context of procedural justice. In this study, we recruited 28 deaf and 31 hearing college students by using a modified dictator game combined with Event-related potentials (ERPs). Behavioral results showed that all participants were more satisfied with equitable offer, extremely advantageous inequitable and moderately advantageous inequitable offers, followed by moderately disadvantageous inequitable offers, and lowest for extremely disadvantageous inequitable offers. Interestingly, we found only in deaf college students that the extremely, moderately advantageous inequitable and moderately disadvantageous inequitable offers all induced more negative feedback-related negativity (FRN) than equitable offer. Furthermore, the equitable offer induced more positive P300 than any of the inequitable offers. The results indicated that even under procedural justice, deaf college students still exhibit pronounced inequity aversion, highlighting their preference to fairness norms. These findings empirically characterize inequity aversion in special populations and provide theoretical support for enhancing educational integration in colleges and universities.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"256-267"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145745528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Moral belief updating (MBU) as a neurocognitive and communicative process: a multidimensional perspective. 道德信念更新作为一个神经认知和交际过程：一个多维视角。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-21 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2025.2607065

Katia Rovelli, Michela Balconi

{"title":"Moral belief updating (MBU) as a neurocognitive and communicative process: a multidimensional perspective.","authors":"Katia Rovelli, Michela Balconi","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2607065","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2607065","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the neural correlates of MBU within dyadic moral communication, using a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning paradigm. Thirty participants engaged in a structured exchange on a moral dilemma, assuming one of two roles: the facilitator and the adjuster. Hemodynamic activity was recorded across prefrontal channels. Results revealed a significant increase of oxygenated hemoglobin in right lateral prefrontal cortex activation (Ch4) in adjusters compared to facilitators, highlighting the role of this region in social metacognition, behavioral regulation, and high-level cognitive control during MBU. Exploratory correlations further indicated that facilitators' neural activation was associated by dispositional traits such as decision-making style, empathy, and conscientiousness. These findings highlight the role of interpersonal co-construction and individual meaning-making processes in influencing neurocognitive responses to moral discussions. The study presents a multidimensional model of MBU as a socially embedded, emotionally modulated, and cognitively demanding process, impacting moral and communication psychology and organizational ethics.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"268-280"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145806286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Threat and cognitive control in anti-Asian bias. 反亚洲偏见中的威胁与认知控制。

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Social Neuroscience Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-15 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2025.2601847

Rayan I Elahi, Jessica M Benson, Jeremy L Loebach

{"title":"Threat and cognitive control in anti-Asian bias.","authors":"Rayan I Elahi, Jessica M Benson, Jeremy L Loebach","doi":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2601847","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17470919.2025.2601847","url":null,"abstract":"Social threat is both a source and consequence of implicit bias against Asian Americans, who are often stereotyped as \"perpetual foreigners,\" posing some threat to (white) American values. The implicit nature of these attitudes makes investigating anti-Asian bias difficult as self-report and behavioral data suffer from social desirability and learning effects. To investigate implicit social threat in anti-Asian bias, we presented participants with a passage critical of American values, purportedly written by a white American (ingroup) or by an Asian American author (outgroup). We utilized electrodermal responses (GSR) to measure autonomic arousal, and cerebral blood oxygenation (fNIRS) to measure cognitive control. Our results suggest that implicit social threats are physiologically represented similar to other feelings of threat, which become more extreme when interacting with a perceived outgroup member. Follow-up analyses suggest that the autonomic responses are moderated by higher-order cognitions, evidenced by changes in blood oxygenation in the anterior and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which occurred independently of behavioral responses obtained after the experimental manipulation. Together, these results indicate that while more abstract feelings of threat are implicitly represented in a salient physiological manner, higher-order cognitive faculties can attenuate them, and innate attitudes need not supersede mindful and learned behavior.","PeriodicalId":49511,"journal":{"name":"Social Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"238-255"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145764425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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