Functional connectivity within the simulation network increases during comprehension of supernatural narratives with realistic characters¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Group-level Phase Locking Value analysis revealed strong connectivity between the left poCG and left IFG when comparing SR to SF and SR to RR, and between the right AG and right IFG when comparing SR to RR. → Xiaodong Xu 2025

Evidence¶

Xiaodong Xu 2025¶

Xiaodong Xu, Cheng Jia, Kang Chen & Lijuan Chen. (2025). Unveiling the neural mechanisms of supernatural fiction comprehension using fNIRS. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00327-0

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Functional connectivity analysis using Phase Locking Value in the fNIRS study of 61 participants. Additional SR-vs-RR connections were found between left poCG (CH10) and left IFG (CH22) and between right AG (CH32) and right IFG (CH41), all pFDR < 0.001.

"revealed strong connectivity between the left poCG (CH10) and the left IFG (CH22) when comparing SR to SF ( t(60) = 19.766, sd = 0.171, pFDR < 0.001, praw < 0.001)"

Discussion¶

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