| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The actions of others provide an important window into their unobservable states of minds. To investigate the neural mechanisms underlying the monitoring of others’ actions, we performed neurophysiological experiments using macaques. We found that the ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) contain neurons that fired in response to others’ actions. Analysis of local field potentials that were recorded simultaneously from the two regions revealed increased coherence during others’ actions. Furthermore, selective blockade of the PMv-to-MPFC pathway impaired the monitoring of others’ actions and the selection of one’s own actions. Thus, functional coordination between the PMv and MPFC plays a critical role in social action monitoring and decision making.
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