New fMRI data shows specific brain mechanisms are involved in finding out who’s boss. In the study, subjects were asked to determine social hierarchy at a fictional organization by observing and evaluating interactions between pairs of employees. The participants also determined social rank both for a company they’d supposedly work for, or that which employs […]
Tag: neurobiology
Mapping the meaning of words in the brain
Researchers have mapped out how meanings of words are represented in the human brain. Researchers collected MRI data from seven participants while they listened to over 2 hours of stories on a radio show called The Moth Radio Hour. They found that information about the meaning of language is distributed broadly across over 100 distinct […]
