Brain bases of real-time social interaction: A meta-analytic investigation of human neuroimaging studies

The current study used a data-driven investigation of the neuroimaging literature to advance our understanding of the neural and cognitive systems critical for human social interaction. Our findings suggest that the myriad forms of social interaction may be subserved by a common network of brain areas that traverse multiple neurocognitive systems and adds support to emerging theories proposing the centrality of social interaction in human brain function.