Psychology Press

Neural Correlates of Deception

Giorgio Ganis, Julian Keenan

Not yet published — due 12/15/2009

Deception, also known as "lying", is a pervasive and fundamental social behavior in which a person attempts to persuade another to accept as true what...

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Series Name: Special Issues of Social Neuroscience 

Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience

Philip David Zelazo, Michael Chandler, Eveline Crone

Published 09/08/2009

This volume in the JPS Series is intended to help crystallize the emergence of a new field, "Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience," aimed at elucidating the...

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Series Name: Jean Piaget Symposia Series 

Handbook of Developmental Social Neuroscience

Michelle de Haan, Megan R Gunnar

Published 05/31/2009

Recent years have seen an explosion of research into the physiological and neural bases of social behavior. This state-of-the-science handbook is unique in approaching the...

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Methods in Social Neuroscience

Eddie Harmon-Jones, Jennifer S Beer

Published 02/28/2009

Straightforward and practical, this is the first book to provide detailed guidance for using neurobiological methods in the study of human social behavior, personality, and...

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The Mirror Neuron System

Christian Keysers, Luciano Fadiga

Published 11/30/2008

Mirror neurons are premotor neurons, originally discovered in the macaque brain , that discharge both during execution of goal-directed actions and during the observation of...

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Series Name: Special Issues of Social Neuroscience 

Attitudes

Richard E Petty, Russell H Fazio, Pablo Brinol

Published 10/09/2008

This book tackles a subject that has captured the imagination of many researchers in the field: attitudes. Although the field has always recognized that people’s...

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Biosocial Criminology

Anthony Walsh, Kevin M Beaver

Published 10/01/2008

Ideal for use, either as a second text in a standard criminology course, or for a discrete course on biosocial perspectives, this book of original...

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Series Name: Criminology and Justice Studies 

Neuroscience and Crime

Hans Markowitsch

Published 09/19/2008

Until recently jurisprudence largely ignored neuroscientific findings. The advent of sophisticated methodologies in the neurosciences - in particular brain imaging techniques - reduced this unawareness,...

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Series Name: Special Issues of Neurocase 

Social Neuroscience

Eddie Harmon-Jones, Piotr Winkielman

Published 01/31/2008

This compelling volume provides a broad and accessible overview of the emerging field of social neuroscience. Showcasing an array of cutting-edge research programs, leading investigators...

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Interpersonal Sensitivity: Entering Others’ Worlds

Jean Decety, Dan Batson

Published 09/14/2007

Interpersonal sensitivity refers to our ability to perceive and respond with care to the internal states of other people, understand the antecedents of those states,...

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Series Name: Special Issues of Social Neuroscience