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Personality and EEG correlates of reactive social behavior. / Knyazev, Gennady; Merkulova, Ekaterina; Savostyanov, Alexander et al.
In: Neuropsychologia, Vol. 124, 18.02.2019, p. 98-107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Personality and EEG correlates of reactive social behavior
AU - Knyazev, Gennady
AU - Merkulova, Ekaterina
AU - Savostyanov, Alexander
AU - Bocharov, Andrey
AU - Saprigyn, Alexander
N1 - Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/2/18
Y1 - 2019/2/18
N2 - Reactive, as opposed to proactive, behavior during social interactions has been investigated in the study of aggression, but it is virtually unexplored in relation to other kinds of social behavior. Little is known about brain underpinning of these processes. In this study, we used a virtual interaction model to manipulate the emotional display of the interaction partner and to register actor's responses to these manipulations. EEG was recorded throughout the experiment. After the experiment, participants filled in the IPIP Big-Five Factor Markers. Multilevel mediation analysis using emotional stimulus category as the predictor, behavioral response as the outcome, and source-level oscillatory power as the mediator showed that event-related theta activity in the right temporo-parietal junction mediated the association between the predictor and the outcome. The strength of mediation was associated with agreeableness, suggesting that brain mechanism underlying reactive social behavior is more active in agreeable individuals.
AB - Reactive, as opposed to proactive, behavior during social interactions has been investigated in the study of aggression, but it is virtually unexplored in relation to other kinds of social behavior. Little is known about brain underpinning of these processes. In this study, we used a virtual interaction model to manipulate the emotional display of the interaction partner and to register actor's responses to these manipulations. EEG was recorded throughout the experiment. After the experiment, participants filled in the IPIP Big-Five Factor Markers. Multilevel mediation analysis using emotional stimulus category as the predictor, behavioral response as the outcome, and source-level oscillatory power as the mediator showed that event-related theta activity in the right temporo-parietal junction mediated the association between the predictor and the outcome. The strength of mediation was associated with agreeableness, suggesting that brain mechanism underlying reactive social behavior is more active in agreeable individuals.
KW - Agreeableness
KW - EEG
KW - Multilevel mediation analysis
KW - Social interactions
KW - Temporo-parietal junction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060472438&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.01.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 30654019
AN - SCOPUS:85060472438
VL - 124
SP - 98
EP - 107
JO - Neuropsychologia
JF - Neuropsychologia
SN - 0028-3932
ER -
ID: 18291826