Successful cooperation requires the dynamic integration of social cues. However, the neural mechanisms supporting this complex process remain unknown.…

Shi et al. demonstrate that marmosets coordinate cooperative actions through a gaze-dependent decision process. By combining wireless recordings with computational modeling, they show that the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex implements social evidence accumulation during active looking, providing a mechanistic link between visual social monitoring and strategic cooperative decisions.

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Molecular Psychiatry - Psychedelic studies in nonhuman primates: Past and future

Meisner and Shi et al. show that common marmosets flexibly coordinate with partners using both gaze-dependent and rhythmic strategies. Cooperation depends on active social monitoring and is shaped by ...

Neuroscience research on primates will help us learn how to build an efficient thinking machine.

Prosocial behaviors are crucial for maintaining primates' complex social relationships. As central regions involved in social decision-making, the basolateral amygdala (BLA) processes social salience ...

Social gaze is a fundamental channel of primate communication, shaping dynamic interactions and fostering mutual understanding. While prior studies have mapped the behavioral correlates of social gaze...

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Each social gaze can be deconstructed into primitive components, including gaze content, social state, and gaze duration. To reduce dimensionality and facilitate generalization, the brain needs to rep...

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In humans, cooperation relies on advanced social cognition, but the extent to which these mechanisms support cooperation in nonhuman primates remains unclear. To investigate this, we examined freely m...

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