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Neural Correlates of Personal Space Intrusion

Daphne J. Holt, Brittany S. Cassidy, Xiaomin Yue, Scott L. Rauch, Emily A. Boeke, Shahin Nasr, Roger B. H. Tootell and Garth Coombs III
Journal of Neuroscience 19 March 2014, 34 (12) 4123-4134; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0686-13.2014
Daphne J. Holt
1Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114,
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115,
3Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129,
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Brittany S. Cassidy
4Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453,
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Xiaomin Yue
5National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892,
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Scott L. Rauch
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115,
6McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts 02478, and
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Emily A. Boeke
1Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114,
3Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129,
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Shahin Nasr
3Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129,
7Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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Roger B. H. Tootell
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115,
3Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129,
7Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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Garth Coombs III
1Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114,
3Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129,
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Abstract

A parietal-frontal network in primates is thought to support many behaviors occurring in the space around the body, including interpersonal interactions and maintenance of a particular “comfort zone” or distance from other people (“personal space”). To better understand this network in humans, we used functional MRI to measure the responses to moving objects (faces, cars, simple spheres) and the functional connectivity of two regions in this network, the dorsal intraparietal sulcus (DIPS) and the ventral premotor cortex (PMv). We found that both areas responded more strongly to faces that were moving toward (vs away from) subjects, but did not show this bias in response to comparable motion in control stimuli (cars or spheres). Moreover, these two regions were functionally interconnected. Tests of activity-behavior associations revealed that the strength of DIPS-PMv connectivity was correlated with the preferred distance that subjects chose to stand from an unfamiliar person (personal space size). In addition, the magnitude of DIPS and PMv responses was correlated with the preferred level of social activity. Together, these findings suggest that this parietal-frontal network plays a role in everyday interactions with others.

  • connectivity
  • fMRI
  • intraparietal sulcus
  • personal space
  • premotor cortex
  • social behavior
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Neural Correlates of Personal Space Intrusion
Daphne J. Holt, Brittany S. Cassidy, Xiaomin Yue, Scott L. Rauch, Emily A. Boeke, Shahin Nasr, Roger B. H. Tootell, Garth Coombs III
Journal of Neuroscience 19 March 2014, 34 (12) 4123-4134; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0686-13.2014

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Daphne J. Holt, Brittany S. Cassidy, Xiaomin Yue, Scott L. Rauch, Emily A. Boeke, Shahin Nasr, Roger B. H. Tootell, Garth Coombs III
Journal of Neuroscience 19 March 2014, 34 (12) 4123-4134; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0686-13.2014
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