Abstract
Humans are strongly influenced by their environment, a dependence that can lead to errors in judgment. Although a rich literature describes how people are influenced by others, little is known regarding the factors that predict subsequent rectification of misleading influence. Using a mediation model in combination with brain imaging, we propose a model for the correction of misinformation. Specifically, our data suggest that amygdala modulation of hippocampal mnemonic representations, during the time of misleading social influence, is associated with reduced subsequent anterior-lateral prefrontal cortex activity that reflects correction. These findings illuminate the process by which erroneous beliefs are, or fail to be, rectified and highlight how past influence constrains subsequent correction.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7744-7753 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Neuroscience |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 23 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Funding
Weizmann Institute-United Kingdom Making Connections Grant; Wellcome Trust [098362/Z/12/Z, 091593/Z/10/Z]; Center of Research Excellence in the Cognitive Sciences of the Planning and Grants Committee; Israeli Science Foundation [51/11]; EP7 Human Brain Project; Norman and Helen Asher Center for Brain Imaging at the Weizmann Institute; Imaging Neuroscience & Theoretical Neurobiology group at the Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging at University College LondonM.G.E. and Y.D. were supported by a Weizmann Institute-United Kingdom Making Connections Grant. T.S. was supported by a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship. R.J.D. was supported by Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award 098362/Z/12/Z and a Wellcome Trust Strategic Award 091593/Z/10/Z. Y.D. was supported by the Center of Research Excellence in the Cognitive Sciences of the Planning and Grants Committee and Israeli Science Foundation (Grant 51/11) and by the EP7 Human Brain Project. We thank E. Phelps, J.G. Edelson, A. Ben-Yakov, L. Pell, K. Ludmer, T. Fitzgerald, S. Fleming, A. Mendelsohn, A. Pine, D. Kumaran, and N. Wright for helpful comments and the support teams of the Norman and Helen Asher Center for Brain Imaging at the Weizmann Institute and the Imaging Neuroscience & Theoretical Neurobiology group at the Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging at University College London.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Neuroscience