Human dorsomedial prefrontal cortex delineates the self and other against the tendency to form interdependent social representations

Sunhae Sul; M Justin Kim

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.029

Human dorsomedial prefrontal cortex delineates the self and other against the tendency to form interdependent social representations

Neuron. 2021 Jul 21;109(14):2209-2211. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.029.

Authors

Sunhae Sul¹, M Justin Kim²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, South Korea. Electronic address: ssul@pusan.ac.kr.
² Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 03063, South Korea; Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Suwon 16419, South Korea.

PMID: 34293290
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.029

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, using non-invasive brain stimulation, Wittmann et al. (2021) highlight a causal role of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex in keeping separate estimations for the self and others, protecting against a default human tendency to form interdependent social representations.

Keywords: brain stimulation; dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; performance tracking; social cognition.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Humans
Neurons*
Prefrontal Cortex*