Social Neuroscience
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Neuroscience of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
Psychological research on the origins and consequences of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping has moved into previously uncharted directions through the introduction of neuroscientific measures. Psychologists can now address issues that are difficult to examine with traditional...
Published June 4th 2013 by Psychology Press
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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Social Behaviour
The potential for cognitive neuroscience to shed light on social behaviour is increasingly being acknowledged and is set to become an important new approach in the field of psychology. Standing at the vanguard of this development, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Social Behaviour provides a...
Published November 14th 2012 by Psychology Press
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Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience
Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series
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 neural correlates of the development of socio-emotional experience and behavior. No one any longer doubts that infants are born...
Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press
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Social Neuroscience of Psychiatric Disorders
Series: Special Issues of Social Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience of Psychiatric Disorders is about the role of the Social Brain in neuropsychiatry. The need to belong to social groups and interact with others has driven much of the evolution of the human brain. The relatively young field of social neuroscience has made impressive strides...
Published July 17th 2012 by Psychology Press
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The Student's Guide to Social Neuroscience
Social neuroscience is an expanding field which, by investigating the neural mechanisms that inform our behavior, explains our ability to recognize, understand, and interact with others. Concepts such as trust, revenge, empathy, prejudice, and love are now being explored and unraveled by the...
Published October 13th 2011 by Psychology Press
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Grounding Sociality
Neurons, Mind, and Culture
This volume concerns the longstanding intellectual puzzle of how individuals overcome their biological, neural, and mental finitude to achieve sociality. It explores how humans take each other into account, coordinate their actions, and are able to share their inner states and to communicate....
Published November 7th 2010 by Psychology Press

