Segregation of Neural Circuits Involved in Social Gaze and Non-Social Arrow Cues: Evidence from an Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis

Orienting attention by social gaze cues shares some characteristics with orienting attention by non-social arrow cues, but it is unclear whether they rely on similar neural mechanisms. The present ALE-meta-analysis assessed the pattern of brain activation reported in 40 single experiments (18 with a...

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Published in:Neuropsychology review 2024-06, Vol.34 (2), p.496-510
Main Authors: Salera, Claudia, Boccia, Maddalena, Pecchinenda, Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
Attention - physiology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Brain
Brain - physiology
Brain Mapping
Cues
Fixation, Ocular - physiology
Frontal gyrus
Humans
Hypotheses
Meta-analysis
Neural networks
Neurology
Neuropsychology
Neurosciences
Review
Social Perception
Superior temporal sulcus
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Summary:Orienting attention by social gaze cues shares some characteristics with orienting attention by non-social arrow cues, but it is unclear whether they rely on similar neural mechanisms. The present ALE-meta-analysis assessed the pattern of brain activation reported in 40 single experiments (18 with arrows, 22 with gaze), with a total number of 806 participants. Our findings show that the network for orienting attention by social gaze and by non-social arrow cues is in part functionally segregated. Orienting by both types of cues relies on the activity of brain regions involved in endogenous attention (the superior frontal gyrus). Importantly, only orienting by gaze cues was also associated with the activity of brain regions involved in exogenous attention (medial frontal gyrus), processing gaze, and mental state attribution (superior temporal sulcus, temporoparietal junction).
ISSN:1040-7308
1573-6660
1573-6660
DOI:10.1007/s11065-023-09593-4