Join an interactive session with Yizhou Lyu, Zishan Su, and Yuan Chang Leong, where they will discuss their paper, “Hostile Attribution Bias Shapes Neural Synchrony in the Left Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex during Ambiguous Social Narratives,” along with JNeurosci Reviewer Editor Daniela Schiller . Attendees will be able to submit questions during registration and live during the webinar.
The following is a summary of the article published on February 28, 2024 in JNeurosci, by Yizhou Lyu (吕奕洲), Zishan Su (苏紫杉), Dawn Neumann, Kimberly L. Meidenbauer, and Yuan Chang Leong (梁元彰):
Understanding the intentions of others from your behaviors is vital for effective social interactions. The tendency to interpret intentions as hostile is a significant indicator of interpersonal conflicts and aggressive behaviors. Using near-infrared functional spectroscopy, the study found that individual differences in hostile attribution bias affected neural synchrony in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex during the interpretation of real-world social situations. The research was also able to differentiate participants with high and low hostile attribution bias based on their neural activity. These findings highlight how hostile attribution bias influences the subjective interpretation of social situations and is reflected in the temporal dynamics of the brain. This research paves the way for future studies on the neurobiological basis of sociocognitive biases and possible interventions to reduce these biases.
