MEG Signatures of a Perceived Match or Mismatch between Individual and Group Opinions

Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2017 | Volume 11 | Article 10

9 Pages Posted: 23 Jul 2018

See all articles by Ivan Zubarev

Ivan Zubarev

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) - Centre for Cognition and Decision Making; Aalto University - Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

Vasily Klucharev

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Alexei Ossadtchi

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) - Centre for Cognition and Decision Making; Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - Laboratory of Control of Complex Systems

Victoria Moiseeva

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) - Centre for Cognition and Decision Making; Moscow State University - Faculty of Biology

Anna Shestakova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) - Centre for Cognition and Decision Making

Date Written: January 29, 2017

Abstract

Humans often adjust their opinions to the perceived opinions of others. Neural responses to a perceived match or mismatch between individual and group opinions have been investigated previously, but some findings are inconsistent. In this study, we used magnetoencephalographic source imaging to investigate further neural responses to the perceived opinions of others. We found that group opinions mismatching with individual opinions evoked responses in the anterior and posterior medial prefrontal cortices, as well as in the temporoparietal junction and ventromedial prefrontal cortex in the 220–320 and 380–530 ms time windows. Evoked responses were accompanied by an increase in the power of theta oscillations (4–8 Hz) over a number of frontal cortical sites. Group opinions matching with individual opinions evoked an increase in amplitude of beta oscillations (13–30 Hz) in the anterior cingulate and ventral medial prefrontal cortices. Based on these results, we argue that distinct valuation and performance-monitoring neural circuits in the medial cortices of the brain may monitor compliance of individual behavior to the perceived group norms.

Keywords: MEG, FRN, Social Conformity, Posterior Cingulate Cortex (PCC), vmPFC, Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC)

Suggested Citation

Zubarev, Ivan and Klucharev, Vasily and Ossadtchi, Alexei and Moiseeva, Victoria and Shestakova, Anna, MEG Signatures of a Perceived Match or Mismatch between Individual and Group Opinions (January 29, 2017). Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2017 | Volume 11 | Article 10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3205331

Ivan Zubarev

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) - Centre for Cognition and Decision Making

Moscow
Russia

Aalto University - Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

Espoo, FI-02150
Finland

Vasily Klucharev (Contact Author)

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

Myasnitskaya street, 20
Moscow, Moscow 119017
Russia

Alexei Ossadtchi

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) - Centre for Cognition and Decision Making

Moscow
Russia

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - Laboratory of Control of Complex Systems

V.O., Bolshoy, 61
St. Petersburg, 199178
Russia

Victoria Moiseeva

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) - Centre for Cognition and Decision Making

Moscow
Russia

Moscow State University - Faculty of Biology

1-12 Leninskie Gory
Moscow, 119991
Russia

Anna Shestakova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) - Centre for Cognition and Decision Making ( email )

Moscow
Russia

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