Abstract:
Learning how others perceive us helps us tune our behavior to form adaptive relationships. But which perceptions stick with us? And when in the learning process are they codified in memory? We leveraged a popular television series-The Office-to answer these questions. Prior to their functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) session, viewers of The Office reported which characters they identified with, as well as which characters they perceived another person (i.e. counterpart) was similar to. During their fMRI scan, participants found out which characters other people thought they and the counterpart were like, and also completed rest scans. Participants remembered more feedback inconsistent with their self-views (vs. views of the counterpart). Although neural activity while encoding self-inconsistent feedback did not meaningfully predict memory, returning to the inconsistent self feedback during subsequent rest did. During rest, participants reinstated neural patterns engaged while receiving self-inconsistent feedback in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC). DMPFC reinstatement also quadratically predicted self-inconsistent memory, with too few or too many reinstatements compromising memory performance. Processing social feedback during rest may impact how we remember and integrate the feedback, especially when it contradicts our self-views.
摘要:
学习别人如何看待我们帮助我们调整我们的行为,形成适应性关系。但是哪些观念与我们息息相关?在学习过程中,它们何时被编入记忆?我们利用流行的电视连续剧《办公室》来回答这些问题。在他们的功能磁共振成像(fMRI)会议之前,办公室的观众报告了他们识别的角色,以及他们认为另一个人(即对方)与哪些角色相似。在他们的fMRI扫描中,参与者发现了其他人认为他们和对方喜欢的角色,并完成休息扫描。参与者记得更多与他们的自我观点不一致的反馈(与对方的观点)。尽管在编码自我不一致反馈时的神经活动并不能有意义地预测记忆,在随后的休息中恢复到不一致的自我反馈。休息时,参与者在背侧前额叶皮层(DMPFC)接受自我不一致反馈时恢复参与的神经模式.DMPFC恢复也是二次预测的自我不一致记忆,过少或过多的恢复影响内存性能。在休息时处理社会反馈可能会影响我们如何记住和整合反馈,尤其是当它与我们的自我观点相矛盾时。