讲座题目：Tuning into the social brain: A physiology-informed, network-based neurostimulation approach
主讲人：Alessio Avenanti 教授
主持人：汪晨波 副教授
开始时间：2025-04-23 16:00
讲座地址：普陀校区俊秀楼223报告厅
主办单位：心理与认知科学学院
报告人简介：
Alessio Avenanti, serves as full professor in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari", Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna. He leads the Non-invasive brain stimulation research group at the Center for studies and research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Cesena Campus.
报告内容：
Understanding others’ emotions, intentions, and actions depends on a distributed network of brain regions known as the “social brain,” including the posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) and ventral premotor cortex (PMv). While these regions are known to interact during social perception and cognition, the plasticity and causal relevance of their connectivity remain poorly understood. In this talk, I will present a series of studies using cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation (ccPAS). Our results show that selectively strengthening specific forward or backward projections between social brain hubs leads to distinct changes in both behavior and neural activity. These effects are pathway-specific, temporally precise, and mechanistically grounded in STDP. We conclude that ccPAS offers a powerful, physiology-informed tool for dissecting and influencing the dynamics of the social brain, with implications for both basic research and clinical applications.
