The Cognitive Neuroscience of Social Behaviour

by Alexander Easton (Editor), Nathan Emery (Editor)

Overview

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 state-of-the-art contribution to a subject still in its infancy. Divided into three parts, the book presents an overview of research into neural substrates of social interactions, the cognitive neuroscience of social cognition and human disorders of social behaviour and cognition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415648912
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/15/2012
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alexander Easton, Nathan Emery

Table of Contents

A. Easton, N. Emery, Introduction. Part 1: Neural Substrates of Social Interactions. J. Bachevalier, M. Meunier, The Neurobiology of Social Behaviour in Non-human Primates. A. Easton, Behavioural Flexibility, Social Learning and the Frontal Cortex. T. Jellema, D.I. Perrett, Neural Basis for the Perception of Goal-directed Actions. Part 2: Cognitive Neuroscience of Social Cognition. N.J. Emery, The Evolution of Social Cognition. A.S. Heberlein, R. Adolphs, Functional Anatomy of Human Social Cognition. M.D. Lieberman, J.H. Pfeifer, The Self and Social Perception. Three Kinds of Questions in Social Cognitive Neuroscience. Part 3: Human Disorders of Social Behaviour and Cognition. S. Baron-Cohen, Autism and the Origins of Social Neuroscience. Z. Kyte, I. Goodyer, The Neurobiology of Social Cognition and Its Relationship to Unipolar Depression. R.J.R. Blair, The Neurobiology of Antisocial Behaviour and Psychopathy.

Editorial Reviews

This book is at the cutting edge of the rapidly emerging field of the cognitive neuroscience of social behaviour. It brings together leading researchers from neuroscience, animal behaviour, cognition and psychopathology; and manages to weave together state-of-the-art reviews, that are both informative and exciting, into a coherent volume that is bound to guide future developments in this important field. - Dr. Philip J. Corr, Goldsmiths College, University of London

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