Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society

by Russell K. Schutt (Editor), Larry J. Seidman (Editor), Matcheri Keshavan MD (Editor)

Overview

Human beings evolved in the company of others. Mutually reinforcing connections between brains, minds, and societies have profound implications for physical and emotional health. Social Neuroscience offers a comprehensive new framework for studying human brain development and human behavior in their social context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674728974
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	06/09/2015
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Russell K. Schutt is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Lecturer on Sociology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Larry J. Seidman was Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Matcheri S. Keshavan is Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
1. Changing Perspectives in Three Disciplines / Russell K. Schutt, Larry J. Seidman, and Matcheri S. Keshavan
The Social Brain
2. The Evolution, Structure, and Functioning of the Social Brain / Matcheri S. Keshavan
3. The Neurology of Human Nature: Implications for the Sociological Analysis of Health and Well- Being / Jonathan H. Turner
4. In Search of the Functional Neuroanatomy of Social Disturbance in Schizophrenia / Paul G. Nestor, Victoria Choate, and Ashley Shirai
5. Social Neuroscience and Psychopathology: Identifying the Relationship between Neural Function, Social Cognition, and Social Behavior / Christine I. Hooker
The Social Mind
Color Plates
6. The Mind and Social Cognition / Larry J. Seidman
7. Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: Where We Are and Where We Are Going / Junghee Lee, William P. Horan, and Michael F. Green
8. Social Cognition in Those at High Risk of Psychosis / Jean Addington and Mariapaola Barbato
9. Criticism and the Course of Mental Disorders / Jill M. Hooley
The Social World
10. The Social Brain in a Social World / Russell K. Schutt
11. Linking the Social Brain to the Social World through Network Connections / Bernice A. Pescosolido
12. Functional and Structural Correlates of Early Severe Social Deprivation / Michael E. Behen and Harry T. Chugani
13. Violence, Cognition, and Neighborhood Inequality in America / Patrick Sharkey and Robert J. Sampson
14. The Normal Pain of the Social Brain: Confusing Depressive Disorder with Normal Sadness / Allan V. Horwitz
15. Cognitive Enhancement Therapy for Improving the Social Brain and Cognition in Schizophrenia / Shaun M. Eack and Matcheri S. Keshavan
16. Conclusions / Russell K. Schutt, Larry J. Seidman, and Matcheri S. Keshavan
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Figure Credits
Index

Editorial Reviews

This first-class synthesis of the latest research in neurobiology, sociology, and psychiatry/psychology will be of the greatest interest to both pure scientists and practical clinicians. A new field is being born. Don’t miss it!
-- Robert Rosenheck, Professor of Psychiatry and of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine

A valuable contribution to this new and exciting field, with implications for potentially new solutions to age-old problems of human nature.
-- A. Olivera Choice

From the Publisher

A valuable contribution to this new and exciting field, with implications for potentially new solutions to age-old problems of human nature.

Choice - A. Olivera

This first-class synthesis of the latest research in neurobiology, sociology, and psychiatry/psychology will be of the greatest interest to both pure scientists and practical clinicians. A new field is being born. Don’t miss it!

Robert Rosenheck