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.
Author(s): A. Easton
Edition: 1
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 344
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
1 Introduction: What is social cognitive neuroscience (SCN)?......Page 14
Part I Neural substrates of social interactions......Page 30
2 The neurobiology of social-emotional cognition in nonhuman primates......Page 32
3 Behavioural .exibility, social learning, and the frontal cortex......Page 72
4 Neural basis for the perception of goal-directed actions......Page 94
Part II Cognitive neuroscience of social cognition......Page 126
5 The evolution of social cognition......Page 128
6 Functional anatomy of human social cognition......Page 170
7 The self and social perception: Three kinds of questions in social cognitive neuroscience......Page 208
Part III Human disorders of social behaviour and cognition......Page 250
8 Autism and the origins of social neuroscience......Page 252
9 The neurobiology of social cognition and its relationship to unipolar depression......Page 270
10 The neurobiology of antisocial behaviour and psychopathy......Page 304
Index......Page 338
