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A Second-Personal Approach to Other Minds: Evidence from Functional Neuroimaging| old_uid | 7426 |
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| title | A Second-Personal Approach to Other Minds: Evidence from Functional Neuroimaging |
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| start_date | 2009/10/09 |
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| schedule | 14h30 |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | salle de conférence du GLM |
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| details | invité par Thierry Chaminade |
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| summary | Starting out with the 'classical' distinction between adopting a 'first-' and 'third-person
perspective' towards others' mental states and related approaches in social neuroscience, this presentation will attempt to argue for a 'second-personal' account of understanding other minds.The idea of a "second-person perspective" (2PP) can be taken to suggest the importance of one's own self-involvement when engaged in social cognition as compared to mentalizing about other persons from the standpoint of a mere observer. Furthermore a 2PP account may suggest to take the reciprocity of social interactions seriously by focusing on the different roles interactors play when initiating or responding to each others' actions.
Subsequently, results of two sets of studies are presented which were based upon the
above mentioned theoretical considerations. The first set of studies was realized to assess the neurobiological correlates (fMRI, EMG, eyetracking) of the perception of socially relevant facial expressions depending upon whether or not they were directed towards the human observer (as opposed to someone else; Schilbach et al. 2006, Mojzisch et al. 2006, Schilbach et al. 2008). A second paradigm was devised to investigate the neural correlates underlying the interpersonal coordination of gaze behavior that results in joint attention by means of fMRI. Here a crucial experimental manipulation consisted in varying whether participants initiated joint attentional engagement themselves or responded to someone else's gaze shifts (Schilbach et al. under review).
Results of these studies highlight differential effects both related to self-involvement as
well as to the reciprocal nature of social interactions consistent with the idea of these being important constituents of social cognition. On a more speculative note, this may give support to the suggestion that adopting a 'second-person perspective' could help to further our understanding into the neurobiology of social cognition and could help to bridge findings in the burgeoning field of social neuroscience. |
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| responsibles | Riehle |
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