Manuel Mello
@mmellon.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at the Institut des Sciences Cognitives 'Marc Jeannerod', CNRS, Lyon.
👀 Interested in social perception in typical and atypical development
🧠 I image all kinds of brains
🤖 Trying to get into neuro computational modeling and AI
👀 Interested in social perception in typical and atypical development
🧠 I image all kinds of brains
🤖 Trying to get into neuro computational modeling and AI
🤓 Here you can find the first article of the series, published in Autism: doi.org/10.1177/1362....
🤓 And here is a collaborative effort together with @hleemasson.bsky.social, @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social, and Macy Li on a very similar project: doi.org/10.31234/osf....
Cheers!
🤓 And here is a collaborative effort together with @hleemasson.bsky.social, @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social, and Macy Li on a very similar project: doi.org/10.31234/osf....
Cheers!
September 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🤓 Here you can find the first article of the series, published in Autism: doi.org/10.1177/1362....
🤓 And here is a collaborative effort together with @hleemasson.bsky.social, @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social, and Macy Li on a very similar project: doi.org/10.31234/osf....
Cheers!
🤓 And here is a collaborative effort together with @hleemasson.bsky.social, @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social, and Macy Li on a very similar project: doi.org/10.31234/osf....
Cheers!
Both analyses approaches showed that attitudes toward social touch represents a central disposition contributing to lower levels of social touch erogeneity, pleasantness, and appropriateness in autistic individuals. These mediation relationships were stronger in autistic male participants.
September 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Both analyses approaches showed that attitudes toward social touch represents a central disposition contributing to lower levels of social touch erogeneity, pleasantness, and appropriateness in autistic individuals. These mediation relationships were stronger in autistic male participants.
We implemented exploratory network analysis and moderated parallel mediation analyses considering a number of individual dispositions. We investigated how these might impact group differences in social touch experiences, and evaluated how sex assigned at birth might moderate these relationships.
September 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
We implemented exploratory network analysis and moderated parallel mediation analyses considering a number of individual dispositions. We investigated how these might impact group differences in social touch experiences, and evaluated how sex assigned at birth might moderate these relationships.
7/7 These findings indicate that, early in life, the human brain is attuned to visual cues of social engagement. We propose that recognizing human interactions depends on perceptual mechanisms that use relational cues, such as face-to-face orientation.
Go check it out!
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Go check it out!
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
7/7 These findings indicate that, early in life, the human brain is attuned to visual cues of social engagement. We propose that recognizing human interactions depends on perceptual mechanisms that use relational cues, such as face-to-face orientation.
Go check it out!
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Go check it out!
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
6/7 👶 Infants displayed the same effect in posterior parieto-occipito-temporal regions, including the pSTS. This social-interaction effect was distinct from that of body motion perception, suggesting separate mechanisms for perceiving general biological agents versus interacting agents.
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
6/7 👶 Infants displayed the same effect in posterior parieto-occipito-temporal regions, including the pSTS. This social-interaction effect was distinct from that of body motion perception, suggesting separate mechanisms for perceiving general biological agents versus interacting agents.
5/7 👩🦰🧑 We report that, in adults, interacting (vs. non-interacting) dyads yielded increased activity in posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) and adjacent occipitotemporal and temporoparietal regions, replicating established neuroimaging findings.
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
5/7 👩🦰🧑 We report that, in adults, interacting (vs. non-interacting) dyads yielded increased activity in posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) and adjacent occipitotemporal and temporoparietal regions, replicating established neuroimaging findings.
4/7 🧠 Human neuroimaging has identified a posterior occipitotemporal pathway, originating in the visual cortex, that responds selectively to interacting (vs. non-interacting) people by representing features (e.g., spatial relations) relevant to social event categorization.
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
4/7 🧠 Human neuroimaging has identified a posterior occipitotemporal pathway, originating in the visual cortex, that responds selectively to interacting (vs. non-interacting) people by representing features (e.g., spatial relations) relevant to social event categorization.
3/7 We investigated the visual processing of social interactions in adults and preverbal infants using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
3/7 We investigated the visual processing of social interactions in adults and preverbal infants using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
2/7 👧🧒 Children exhibit incredible social cognitive abilities. Already in the first months of life, infants show sophistication in representing social events, including third-party dyadic interactions. What neural structures and mechanisms underlie these abilities?
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
2/7 👧🧒 Children exhibit incredible social cognitive abilities. Already in the first months of life, infants show sophistication in representing social events, including third-party dyadic interactions. What neural structures and mechanisms underlie these abilities?
Congrats! Sounds super interesting!
September 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Congrats! Sounds super interesting!
Wow, all the shelf tags fit in what I like. This is going straight to my Want to read 😍
May 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Wow, all the shelf tags fit in what I like. This is going straight to my Want to read 😍
A good stimulus set is a piece of art! 😍
March 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A good stimulus set is a piece of art! 😍
Hi! So, the (temporary) list of lab meeting formats I presented is based on previous experiences as a PhD student, mostly. Here it is. #1
October 14, 2023 at 9:47 AM
Hi! So, the (temporary) list of lab meeting formats I presented is based on previous experiences as a PhD student, mostly. Here it is. #1