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September 23, 2025Open Access

Neural selectivity for social interactions in the infant brain

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MMManuel MelloÉSÉmilie SerrailleJHJean‐Rémy Hochmann

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Overview

Functional imaging reveals early neural mechanisms for social cognition in infants, suggesting distinct processing pathways.

Key Points

  • Infants show neural selectivity for social interactions, reflecting early social cognition capacities.
  • Increased brain activity in infants was observed in the posterior superior temporal sulcus during social interactions.
  • Findings suggest that distinct neural mechanisms exist for perceiving interacting vs. non-interacting agents.
  • The study indicates that even preverbal infants are attuned to visual cues of social engagement.

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Mello et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4759931b076d99fa6d996https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qydmj_v1
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