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Newly discovered brain network offers clues to social cognition

By studying rhesus monkeys, researchers have identified a brain network dedicated to processing social interactions -- a discovery that offers tantalizing clues to the origins of our ability to ... read more

Monkey brain network dedicated to social interactions - Mail Online

Monkey see, monkey do: Scientists discover brain network in monkeys that's exclusively dedicated to analyzing social interactions. The ability to understand another person's thoughts is called ... read more

A Study in Primates Reveals How the Brain Encodes Complex Social Interactions - Scientific American

A Study in Primates Reveals How the Brain Encodes Complex Social Interactions The research tracks, at the level of individual neurons, what happens when a monkey hangs out with other monkeys. It ... read more

Monkeys Have a Specialized Brain Network for Sizing Up Others’ Actions - Scientific American

A team of researchers from The Rockefeller University have identified a network in the monkey brain dedicated exclusively to analyzing social interactions. And they believe this network could be ... read more

Facial motion activates a dedicated network within the brain, research shows

But it hasn't been clear if the same areas are responsible for processing changing expressions and other facial movements. A face is more than a static collection of features. read more