TY - GEN
T1 - A preliminary study on neural basis of collaboration as mediated by the level of reasoning
AU - Jung, Eun Kyung
AU - Zhang, Jun
AU - Lee, Soo Young
AU - Lee, Jong Hwan
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In this study, we investigated the neural correlates of collaboration and the relationship between collaboration and the reasoning level (low; zeroth-order or high; first-order) of other person. Fourteen volunteers played a collaborative matrix game with a computerized agent and predicted the agent's behavior in the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan session. From the results, the collaboration game evoked neuronal activations within both the left and right insula. Also, in the collaboration game, insula activation was greater in the higher-order reasoning condition than the low-level reasoning condition of the agent. The insula area is known to be related with sense of agency, autonomic arousal, and motivation. The collaborative game may cause participants to be motivated and deeply involved in the emotional experience, such as achieving a common goal with other person. In this context, the increased activation within insula seemed to be associated with participants' motivational and emotional states while collaborating with other person.
AB - In this study, we investigated the neural correlates of collaboration and the relationship between collaboration and the reasoning level (low; zeroth-order or high; first-order) of other person. Fourteen volunteers played a collaborative matrix game with a computerized agent and predicted the agent's behavior in the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan session. From the results, the collaboration game evoked neuronal activations within both the left and right insula. Also, in the collaboration game, insula activation was greater in the higher-order reasoning condition than the low-level reasoning condition of the agent. The insula area is known to be related with sense of agency, autonomic arousal, and motivation. The collaborative game may cause participants to be motivated and deeply involved in the emotional experience, such as achieving a common goal with other person. In this context, the increased activation within insula seemed to be associated with participants' motivational and emotional states while collaborating with other person.
KW - Collaboration
KW - Functional magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Insula
KW - Matrix game
KW - Reasoning order
KW - Theory of mind
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-42054-2_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-42054-2_7
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893372303
SN - 9783642420535
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 50
EP - 56
BT - Neural Information Processing - 20th International Conference, ICONIP 2013, Proceedings
T2 - 20th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2013
Y2 - 3 November 2013 through 7 November 2013
ER -