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Eye gaze is a salient social cue we easily process and attend to when encountering a face. Current evidence shows that the neural bases of eye gaze perception and attention rely on the activity of the face processing network and the social brain (e.g., Superior Temporal Sulcus) and preliminary data suggest that also the cerebellum takes part in this circuit. In the present study, we aim to investigate the role of the cerebellum in gaze perception and social attention using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Participants were presented with faces with averted gaze and asked to perform a gaze discrimination task - assessing the direction of the eye gaze - and a gaze cueing task - localizing the position of an object congruent or incongruent with the eye gaze - while TMS was delivered over the cerebellum and control areas. Preliminary results suggest a possible involvement of the cerebellum and provide additional evidence of its fundamental role in the social brain.
Keywords: gaze perception; attention; transcranial magnetic stimulation; social cognition
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