Competition between frontoparietal control and default networks supports social working memory and empathy

• Published in: Social cognitive and affective neuroscience Vol. 10; no. 8; pp. 1144 - 1152
• Main Authors: Xin, Fei, Lei, Xu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Attention - physiology; Brain Mapping; Empathy; Empathy - physiology; Face; Female; Frontal Lobe - physiology; Humans; Individuality; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Nerve Net - physiology; Original; Parietal Lobe - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Recognition (Psychology) - physiology; Social Behavior; Young Adult; empathy; default mode network; frontoparietal control network; social working memory

An extensive body of literature has indicated that there is increased activity in the frontoparietal control network (FPC) and decreased activity in the default mode network (DMN) during working memory (WM) tasks. The FPC and DMN operate in a competitive relationship during tasks requiring externall...