Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination
Abstract When we collaborate with others to tackle novel problems, we anticipate how they will perform their part of the task to coordinate behavior effectively. We might estimate how well someone else will perform by extrapolating from estimates of how well we ourselves would perform. This account...
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| author | Kentaro Miyamoto Caroline Harbison Shiho Tanaka Marina Saito Shuyi Luo Sara Matsui Pranav Sankhe Ali Mahmoodi Mingming Lin Nadescha Trudel Nicholas Shea Matthew F. S. Rushworth |
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| description | Abstract When we collaborate with others to tackle novel problems, we anticipate how they will perform their part of the task to coordinate behavior effectively. We might estimate how well someone else will perform by extrapolating from estimates of how well we ourselves would perform. This account predicts that our metacognitive model should make accurate predictions when projected onto people as good as, or worse than, us but not on those whose abilities exceed our own. We demonstrate just such a pattern and that it leads to worse coordination when working with people more skilled than ourselves. Metacognitive projection is associated with a specific activity pattern in anterior lateral prefrontal cortex (alPFC47). Manipulation of alPFC47 activity altered metacognitive projection and impaired interpersonal social coordination. By contrast, monitoring of other individuals’ observable performance and outcomes is associated with a distinct pattern of activity in the posterior temporal parietal junction (TPJp). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-44b32940fcfa4b298918d630f0b1eae92025-01-26T12:42:18ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-01-0116111710.1038/s41467-024-55202-0Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordinationKentaro Miyamoto0Caroline Harbison1Shiho Tanaka2Marina Saito3Shuyi Luo4Sara Matsui5Pranav Sankhe6Ali Mahmoodi7Mingming Lin8Nadescha Trudel9Nicholas Shea10Matthew F. S. Rushworth11Laboratory for Imagination and Executive Functions, RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordLaboratory for Imagination and Executive Functions, RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceLaboratory for Imagination and Executive Functions, RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordLaboratory for Imagination and Executive Functions, RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordLaboratory for Imagination and Executive Functions, RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordInstitute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of LondonDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of OxfordAbstract When we collaborate with others to tackle novel problems, we anticipate how they will perform their part of the task to coordinate behavior effectively. We might estimate how well someone else will perform by extrapolating from estimates of how well we ourselves would perform. This account predicts that our metacognitive model should make accurate predictions when projected onto people as good as, or worse than, us but not on those whose abilities exceed our own. We demonstrate just such a pattern and that it leads to worse coordination when working with people more skilled than ourselves. Metacognitive projection is associated with a specific activity pattern in anterior lateral prefrontal cortex (alPFC47). Manipulation of alPFC47 activity altered metacognitive projection and impaired interpersonal social coordination. By contrast, monitoring of other individuals’ observable performance and outcomes is associated with a distinct pattern of activity in the posterior temporal parietal junction (TPJp).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55202-0 |
| spellingShingle | Kentaro Miyamoto Caroline Harbison Shiho Tanaka Marina Saito Shuyi Luo Sara Matsui Pranav Sankhe Ali Mahmoodi Mingming Lin Nadescha Trudel Nicholas Shea Matthew F. S. Rushworth Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination Nature Communications |
| title | Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination |
| title_full | Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination |
| title_fullStr | Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination |
| title_short | Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination |
| title_sort | asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55202-0 |
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