Haemy Lee Masson

Dynamic functional adaptations during touch observation in autism: Connectivity strength is linked to attitudes towards social touch and social responsiveness

The paper examines how brain connectivity changes during touch observation in autism and links these changes to social touch preferences and social responsiveness.

Multidimensional neural representations of social features during movie viewing

This study examines how social features are represented in the brain during movie viewing, identifying key regions involved in social processing and mental state inference.

Rapid processing of observed touch through social perceptual brain regions: an EEG-fMRI fusion study

This study uses EEG-fMRI fusion to show that social touch is processed rapidly through a social perceptual pathway before involving somatosensory cortex.

A shared neural code for social interaction encoding and memory in the human superior temporal sulcus

The paper investigates how the superior temporal sulcus encodes and retrieves social interaction memories using fMRI and machine learning during free recall of a movie.

Functional selectivity for naturalistic social interaction perception in the human superior temporal sulcus

The paper uses fMRI and machine learning to show that the superior temporal sulcus (STS) selectively processes social interactions in naturalistic movies, distinct from other social features.

Comparing the functional structure of neural networks from representational similarity analysis with those from functional connectivity and univariate analyses

The paper compares neural network structures from UNIVAR, RSA, and FCA in fMRI data, finding high similarity but distinct idiosyncratic features across methods.

Social touch observation in adults with autism: intact neural representations of affective meaning but lack of embodied resonance

This study examines neural representations of socio-affective touch in adults with autism, finding intact cognitive understanding but lack of embodied resonance in somatosensory areas.

Neural Representations Behind Social Norm Inferences In Humans

The paper investigates how social norms are inferred in humans using fMRI, finding that social congruency is represented in the mentalizing network but not in sensory areas.

Socio-affective touch expression database

The paper introduces a database of socio-affective touch expressions and validates them through experiments on naturalness and affective values.