Regardless of its value, the brain systems underlying this procedure remain mostly unidentified, even in humans.Using advanced strategies, Papaleos team found a brain circuit which is included in these socio-cognitive procedures and which has actually never been studied formerly. During the test, researchers recorded their brain activity with magnetic resonance imaging methods to see which areas of the brain were triggered.”We are thrilled by these new results because they deepen our understanding of the brain circuits that encode and, for that reason, make us react to the others feelings– stated Francesco Papaleo, organizer of the Genetics of Cognition laboratory at IIT– we would like to have a more comprehensive view of the way these mechanisms work, particularly how they are modified in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders”.
