Lila Davachi

The mentalizing network updates neural representations of romantic interest in response to social feedback

Abstract When we think about the start of a successful close relationship, we often imagine two people independently evaluating each other. But what if how much we like someone depends on how much we think they like us? In the current study, we asked how social feedback changes h...

Weak and strong memories are equally reactivated during counterfactual learning, but only weak memories are modified

Adaptively updating memories about familiar others is an important social skill. Here, we examined whether strong or weak social memories are more prone to updating when violated. Participants viewed well-known characters’ emotional reactions to food items either repeatedly or on...