Social structure learning in human anterior insula
Humans form social coalitions in every society, yet we know little about how we learn and represent social group boundaries. Here we derive predictions from a computational model of latent structure learning to move beyond explicit category labels and interpersonal, or dyadic, similarity as the sole...
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| author | Tatiana Lau Samuel J Gershman Mina Cikara |
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| description | Humans form social coalitions in every society, yet we know little about how we learn and represent social group boundaries. Here we derive predictions from a computational model of latent structure learning to move beyond explicit category labels and interpersonal, or dyadic, similarity as the sole inputs to social group representations. Using a model-based analysis of functional neuroimaging data, we find that separate areas correlate with dyadic similarity and latent structure learning. Trial-by-trial estimates of ‘allyship’ based on dyadic similarity between participants and each agent recruited medial prefrontal cortex/pregenual anterior cingulate (pgACC). Latent social group structure-based allyship estimates, in contrast, recruited right anterior insula (rAI). Variability in the brain signal from rAI improved prediction of variability in ally-choice behavior, whereas variability from the pgACC did not. These results provide novel insights into the psychological and neural mechanisms by which people learn to distinguish ‘us’ from ‘them.’ |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0a30cdb4eee45f6baf97e0bb86a12372022-12-22T03:24:42ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2020-02-01910.7554/eLife.53162Social structure learning in human anterior insulaTatiana Lau0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0681-7295Samuel J Gershman1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6546-3298Mina Cikara2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-4474Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, United KingdomHarvard University, Cambridge, United StatesHarvard University, Cambridge, United StatesHumans form social coalitions in every society, yet we know little about how we learn and represent social group boundaries. Here we derive predictions from a computational model of latent structure learning to move beyond explicit category labels and interpersonal, or dyadic, similarity as the sole inputs to social group representations. Using a model-based analysis of functional neuroimaging data, we find that separate areas correlate with dyadic similarity and latent structure learning. Trial-by-trial estimates of ‘allyship’ based on dyadic similarity between participants and each agent recruited medial prefrontal cortex/pregenual anterior cingulate (pgACC). Latent social group structure-based allyship estimates, in contrast, recruited right anterior insula (rAI). Variability in the brain signal from rAI improved prediction of variability in ally-choice behavior, whereas variability from the pgACC did not. These results provide novel insights into the psychological and neural mechanisms by which people learn to distinguish ‘us’ from ‘them.’https://elifesciences.org/articles/53162social groupsstructure learningBayesian inferenceanterior insulamedial prefrontal cortexfMRI |
| spellingShingle | Tatiana Lau Samuel J Gershman Mina Cikara Social structure learning in human anterior insula eLife social groups structure learning Bayesian inference anterior insula medial prefrontal cortex fMRI |
| title | Social structure learning in human anterior insula |
| title_full | Social structure learning in human anterior insula |
| title_fullStr | Social structure learning in human anterior insula |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social structure learning in human anterior insula |
| title_short | Social structure learning in human anterior insula |
| title_sort | social structure learning in human anterior insula |
| topic | social groups structure learning Bayesian inference anterior insula medial prefrontal cortex fMRI |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/53162 |
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