Shubhangi Butta

Situation model manipulations differently engage semantic and default mode networks during narrative comprehension.

Cortex April 19, 2026 Erica Adezati, Melissa Thye, Shubhangi Butta et al.

Narrative comprehension involves creating a mental representation of the events of the story: a "situation model". Maintaining a situation model is thought to be supported by the Default Mode Network (DMN), but recent work suggests that the semantic system, and specifically the ventrolateral anterior temporal lobe (ATL), may play a role in reflecting on and restructuring the situation model via...