Figure 4. Example findings linking brain dynamics and social network position.

a) Greater changes in connectivity within the mentalizing network during social exclusion versus inclusion are associated with less dense friendship networks among adolescent males. Reproduced with permission from Schmaelzle et al. (2017). b) Multi-voxel patterns within the mentalizing system and other key brain regions are systematically associated the social network position of classmates seen in an fMRI experiment. Reproduced with permission from Parkinson et al. (2017).