Mapping the Brain's Social Perception Network.

Researchers at the University of Turku have discovered an extensive neural network in the human brain that processes various social information. The social perceptual world of humans consists of a limited set of main dimensions, such as antisocial behavior, sexual or affiliative behavior, and communication, which are processed in various brain regions located mainly in the occipital and temporal lobes. Brain activity in these regions is synchronized between different individuals when they watch movies depicting social situations, meaning that the processing of information is, on average, similar between different individuals.