An event-related examination of neural activity during social interactions.

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Jason R ThemansonPeter J Rosen

Abstract

Social exclusion is known to cause alterations in neural activity and perceptions of social distress. However, previous research is largely limited to examining social interactions as a unitary phenomenon without investigating adjustments in neural and attentional processes that occur during social interactions. To address this limitation, we examined neural activity on a trial-by-trial basis during different social interactions. Our results show conflict monitoring neural alarm activation, indexed by the N2, in response to specific exclusionary events; even during interactions that are inclusionary overall and in the absence of self-reported feelings of social pain. Furthermore, we show enhanced attentional activation to exclusionary events, indexed by the P3b, during exclusionary, compared with inclusionary, interactions, and this P3b activation was associated with self-reported social distress following prolonged social exclusion. Finally, both the N2 and P3b showed larger amplitudes in the earlier stages of exclusion compared with later stages, suggesting heightened early sensitivity for both components. Together, these findings provide novel insights into the dynamic neural and perceptual processes of exclusion that exist ...Continue Reading

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May 25, 2013·Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience·Grace TruongTodd C Handy
Jul 9, 2014·Psychophysiology·Jason R ThemansonPeter J Rosen
Mar 24, 2015·Frontiers in Neuroscience·Taishi KawamotoHiroshi Nittono
Sep 11, 2014·Social Neuroscience·Jason R ThemansonStephanie M Khatcherian

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