Social Experience and Motivated Cognition Shape the Representation of Concepts: A Behavioural and Functional Neuroimaging Study
Doina-Irina Giurgea, Veronica Diveica, Penny M. Pexman, Richard J. Binney
This study investigates how social experience and motivation influence semantic concept processing using behavioral and fMRI data, finding distinct neural patterns for social concepts and their independence from motivation.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience