New Frontiers in Social Neuroscience

Traditionally, neuroscience has considered the nervous system as an isolated entity and largely ignored influences of the social environments in which humans and many animal species live. In fact, we now recognize the considerable impact of social structures on the operations of the brain and body....

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Other Authors: Decety, Jean (Editor), Christen, Yves (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Robin Dunbar: What's so social about the social brain?
  • Steve Rogers: The neurobiology of a transformation from asocial to social life during swarm formation in desert locusts
  • Jakob Bro-Jorgensen: Social neuroscience and the study of animal communication.- Jay J. van Bavel et al.: The group mind: the pervasive influence of social identity on cognition
  • Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Development and social selection in the emergence of "emotionally modern" humans
  • Mark van Vugt: On faces, gazes, votes, and followers: evolutionary psychological and social neuroscience approaches to leadership
  • Craig Ferris: Using awake animal imaging to understand neural circuits of emotion: studies ranging from maternal care to aggression
  • Jean Decety: The neuro-evolution of empathy and caring for others: why it matters for morality.- Beatrice de Gelder and Ruud Hortensius: The many faces of the emotional body
  • Kiley J. Hamlin: The origins of human morality: complex socio-moral evaluations by preverbal infants
  • Ilanit Gordon: Can oxytocin improve core brain and behavioral features of Autism Spectrum Disorders in children?
  • Jack van Honk et al.: Testosterone and dominance in humans: behavioral and brain mechanisms
  • Subject index