Mapping the neural mechanism that distinguishes between holistic thinking and analytic thinking

• DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120627
• Publication Date: 2024-05-07T16:29:03Z
• Authors: Yue Teng; Hui-Xian Li; Sylvia Xiaohua Chen; Francisco Xavier ...; Chao-Gan Yan; Xiaomeng Hu
• Keywords: Angular gyrus; Supplementary motor area; Postcentral gyrus; Precentral gyrus; Posterior cingulate

Holistic and analytic thinking are two distinct modes of used to interpret the world with relative preferences varying across cultures. While most research on these styles has focused behavioral cognitive aspects, a few studies have utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) explore correlations between brain metrics self-reported scale scores. Other fMRI single holistic tasks. As task may involve processing in spurious low-level regions, we different tasks, namely frame-line triad task, seek convergent regions distinguish using multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA). Results showed that fundamental include bilateral frontal lobes, parietal precentral postcentral gyrus, supplementary motor areas, fusiform, insula, angular left cuneus, precuneus, olfactory cortex, cingulate right caudate putamen. Our study maps provides new approach neural representation cultural constructs. We provide initial evidence connecting culture-related language function explain origins differences styles.