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The brain’s building blocks for understanding social interactions

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The human brain not only remembers who other people are, it also uses basic mathematical functions called basis functions to store information about how people interact — for example, how they work together or compete. Each basis function specifies part of an interaction pattern, and combinations of them specify complex interactions. A brain region called the medial prefrontal cortex encodes patterns of social interactions as combinations of mathematical functions.

Source: Nature

DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-00738-4

Language: English

Topic: Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $12,690

OpenAlex ID: W4408345154

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