Dynamical predictions of insular hubs for social cognition and their application to stroke
The insular cortex (IC) is considered a rich hub for context-sensitive emotions/social cognition. Patients with focal IC stroke provide unique opportunities to study socio-emotional processes. Nevertheless, Couto et al. [Insular networks for emotional processing and social cognition. Cortex. 2013, 4...
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| author | Roberto eLimongi Ailin eTomio Agustin eIbanez |
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| description | The insular cortex (IC) is considered a rich hub for context-sensitive emotions/social cognition. Patients with focal IC stroke provide unique opportunities to study socio-emotional processes. Nevertheless, Couto et al. [Insular networks for emotional processing and social cognition. Cortex. 2013, 49:1420-34] have recently reported controversial results regarding IC involvement in emotion and social cognition. Similarly, patients with similar lesions show high functional variability, ranging from almost totally preserved to strongly impaired behavior. Critical evidence suggests that the variability of these patients in the above domains can be explained by enhanced neuroplasticity, compensatory processes, and functional remapping after stroke. Therefore, socio-emotional processes would depend on long-distance connections between the IC and frontotemporal regions. We propose that predictive coding and effective connectivity represent a novel approach to explore functional connectivity and assess compensatory, contralateral, and subsidiary network differences among focal stroke patients. This approach would help explain why socio-emotional performance is so variable within this population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-851ba24c710e40e19d5acee6f48e24f72022-12-21T17:49:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532014-11-01810.3389/fnbeh.2014.00380112509Dynamical predictions of insular hubs for social cognition and their application to strokeRoberto eLimongi0Ailin eTomio1Agustin eIbanez2NUFINInstitute of Cognitive Neurology (INECO)Institute of Cognitive Neurology (INECO)The insular cortex (IC) is considered a rich hub for context-sensitive emotions/social cognition. Patients with focal IC stroke provide unique opportunities to study socio-emotional processes. Nevertheless, Couto et al. [Insular networks for emotional processing and social cognition. Cortex. 2013, 49:1420-34] have recently reported controversial results regarding IC involvement in emotion and social cognition. Similarly, patients with similar lesions show high functional variability, ranging from almost totally preserved to strongly impaired behavior. Critical evidence suggests that the variability of these patients in the above domains can be explained by enhanced neuroplasticity, compensatory processes, and functional remapping after stroke. Therefore, socio-emotional processes would depend on long-distance connections between the IC and frontotemporal regions. We propose that predictive coding and effective connectivity represent a novel approach to explore functional connectivity and assess compensatory, contralateral, and subsidiary network differences among focal stroke patients. This approach would help explain why socio-emotional performance is so variable within this population.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00380/fullEmotionsStrokesocial cognitionpredictive codingeffective connectivityfunctional connectivity |
| spellingShingle | Roberto eLimongi Ailin eTomio Agustin eIbanez Dynamical predictions of insular hubs for social cognition and their application to stroke Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience Emotions Stroke social cognition predictive coding effective connectivity functional connectivity |
| title | Dynamical predictions of insular hubs for social cognition and their application to stroke |
| title_full | Dynamical predictions of insular hubs for social cognition and their application to stroke |
| title_fullStr | Dynamical predictions of insular hubs for social cognition and their application to stroke |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamical predictions of insular hubs for social cognition and their application to stroke |
| title_short | Dynamical predictions of insular hubs for social cognition and their application to stroke |
| title_sort | dynamical predictions of insular hubs for social cognition and their application to stroke |
| topic | Emotions Stroke social cognition predictive coding effective connectivity functional connectivity |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00380/full |
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