Asymmetric representation of symmetric semantic information in the human brain

Jiaxin Wang, Kiichi Kawahata, Antoine Blanc, Naoya Maeda, Shinji Nishimoto, Satoshi Nishida

Abstract: Highlights•Symmetric semantic information lacks symmetric representations in the human cortex.•Symmetric representations exhibit broad yet rarely overlapping cortical distributions.•Each symmetric pair reveals complex, varied patterns of cortical representations.•This study advances understanding of how the brain represents semantic symmetry.

External IDs:doi:10.1016/j.ynirp.2025.100243