Decoding the spatiotemporal dynamic neural representation of repetitive facial expression imitation
Liu, Q.; Zhou, X.; Zhu, S.; Liu, C.; Yang, Y.; Lan, C.; Song, X.; Becker, B.; Kendrick, K. M.; Zhao, W.
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Imitating facial emotion expressions can facilitate social interactions, although the behavioral and neural spatiotemporal dynamics is unclear. Here participants (N=100) imitated facial emotions repeatedly over one month (16 times in total) with neural activity measured on three occasions using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Additionally, the transfer effect of repeated imitation on emotional face and scene perception was assessed by fMRI with multivariate pattern analysis. Valence specific imitation performance was facilitated by the alterations in the similarity of spatiotemporal patterns evoked in the mirror neuron system (MNS) with information flow moving progressively towards the inferior frontal gyrus as the as the number of times of imitation increase. Furthermore, MNS representation predictive patterns of processing emotional faces, but not scenes, were enhanced. Overall, these findings provide a neural changes of information flow within MNS and advance our understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics from novice to proficient of facial emotion imitation.
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