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Bottom-up and generative computations uniquely explain neural responses across the social brain

2026-02-21

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Making social evaluations from visual input is a core human ability that engages brain regions involved in social perception, including portions of the superior temporal sulcus (STS), as well as higher-level mentalizing regions, such as the temporoparietal junction (TPJ). One common hypothesis proposes that these regions operate hierarchically: social perception regions like posterior STS (pSTS) implement bottom-u...

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Literature Corpus work: ca1672a0-f5dc-5267-bbf9-4d990d5f02b6
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.20.707082

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