Social neuroscience: integrating biological and psychological explanations of social behavior

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 present new approaches to the study of how thebrain influences social behavior, and vice versa. Each authoritative chapter clearly describes the methods used: lesion studies, neuroimaging techniques, hormonal methods, event-related brain potential methods, and others. The contributors discuss the theoretical advantages of taking a social neuroscience perspective and analyze what their findings reveal about core social psychologicalphenomena. Essential topics include emotion, motivation, attitudes, person perception, stereotyping and prejudice, and interpersonal relationships. INDICE: [pt]. 1. Introduction -- 1. A brief overview of social neuroscience / Eddie Harmon-Jones and Piotr Winkielman -- [pt]. 2. Emotion processes -- 2. The importance of emotion-- social cognition interactions for social functioning : insights from orbitofrontal cortex / Jennifer S. Beer -- 3. Neurobiology of emotion recognition : current evidence for shared substrates / Andrea S. Heberlein and Ralph Adolphs -- 4. Ten years of research with the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) revisited / Brigitte M. Kudielka, Dirk H. Hellhammer, and Clemens Kirschbaum -- 5. I know how you feel : social and emotional informationprocessing in the brain / Catherine J. Norris and John T. Cacioppo -- 6. How thinking controls feeling : a social cognitive neuroscience approach / Kevin N. Ochsner -- [pt]. 3. Motivation processes -- 7. Asymmetrical frontal corticalactivity, affective valence, and motivational direction / Eddie Harmon-Jones -- 8. Reward : neural circuitry for social valuation / Brian Knutson and G. Elliott Wimmer -- 9. A biobehavioral model of implicit power motivation arousal,reward, and frustration / Oliver C. Schultheiss -- 10. Vigilant and avoidant responses to angry facial expressions : dominance and submission motives / Jack van Honk and Dennis J.L.G. Schutter --[pt]. 4. Attitudes and social congnition -- 11. Attitudes and evaluation : toward a component process framework / William A. Cunningham and Marcia K. Johnson -- 12. A social cognitive neuroscience model of human empathy / Jean Decety -- 13. How dynamics of thinking createaffective and cognitive feelings : psychology and neuroscience of the connection between fluency, liking, and memory / Tedra A. Fazendeiro, Troy Chenier, and Piotr Winkielman -- 14. The X- and C-systems : the neural basis of automatic and controlled social cognition / Matthew D. Lieberman -- 15. An evolutionary perspective on domain specificity in social intelligence / Valerie E. Stone -- [pt]. 5. Person perception, stereotyping, and prejudice -- 16. Mechanisms for the regulation of intergroup responses : insights from a social neuroscience approach / David M. Amodio, Patricia G. Devine, and Eddie Harmon-Jones -- 17. Social cognitive neuroscience of person perception : a selective review focused on the event-related brain potential / Bruce D. Bartholow and Cheryl L. Dickter -- 18. Social neuroscience and social perception : new perspectives on categorization, prejudice, and stereotyping / Tiffany A. Ito, Eve Willadsen-Jensen, and Joshua Correll -- [pt]. 6. Interpersonal relationships -- 19. Neuropeptides and the protective effects of social bonds / C. Sue Carter -- 20. The quiet revolution of existential neuroscience / Marco Iacoboni -- 21. Affiliative responses to stress : a social neuroscience model / Shelley E. Taylor and Gian C. Gonzaga -- 22. The social neuroscience of relationships : an examinationof health-relevant pathways / Bert N. Uchino, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Darcy Uno, Rebecca Camp, and Maija Reblin -- Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-59385-644-1
• Editorial: Guilford Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 512
• Fecha Publicación: 17/01/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés