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Self-prioritization (SPE) involves a unique network interaction, including the default mode network (DMN), frontoparietal network (FPN), and salience network (SN). This finding clarifies the brain networks underlying self-referential processing and emotion.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Social Cognition

Background:

  • Resting-state fMRI shows the default mode network (DMN) is crucial for self-referential processing.
  • DMN functional connectivity is observed during tasks involving self-prioritization (SPE) in perception and decision-making.
  • Uncertainty exists regarding whether SPE relies solely on the DMN or involves multiple networks, and if it's a unique network component or related to effects like emotion prioritization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether self-prioritization (SPE) depends solely on the default mode network (DMN) or involves multiple brain networks.
  • To determine if SPE is associated with a unique interconnected network component or can be explained by related effects like emotion prioritization.
  • To identify and compare topological clusters of networks involved in self- and emotion prioritization.

Main Methods:

  • Employed network-based statistics to analyze topological clusters of brain networks.
  • Utilized an associative-matching task to generate self- and emotion prioritization effects.
  • Validated findings on a separate dataset.

Main Results:

  • Self-prioritization (SPE) modulated by emotion is supported by a unique network component involving the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) part of the DMN, frontoparietal network (FPN), and insular salience network (SN).
  • This critical interaction between DMN, FPN, and SN emerged from focal connectivity, highlighting their importance for SPE.
  • Prioritization of happy emotion involved SN, FPN, and MPFC; sad emotion involved DMN, dorsal attention network (DAN), and visual medial network (VMN).

Conclusions:

  • The interaction between the DMN, FPN, and SN is critical for cognitive operations underlying self-prioritization (SPE) when modulated by emotion.
  • Different emotional states (happy vs. sad) engage distinct network configurations for prioritization.
  • Findings contribute to understanding the neural basis of social cognition and self-referential processing.