Foundations in Social Neuroscience

by John T. Cacioppo (Editor)

A full understanding of the biology and behavior of humans cannot be complete withoutthe collective contributions of the social sciences, cognitive sciences, and neurosciences. Thisbook collects eighty-two of the foundational articles in the emerging discipline of socialneuroscience.The book addresses five main areas of multilevel integrative analyses ofsocial behavior, using the tools of neuroscience, cognitive science, and social science to examinespecific cases of social interaction; the relationships between social cognition and the brain,using noninvasive brain imaging to document brain function in various social situations; rudimentarybiological mechanisms for motivation, emotion, and attitudes, and the shaping of these mechanisms bysocial factors; the biology of social relationships and interpersonal processes; and socialinfluences on biology and health.

Genres: Neuroscience

1288 pages, Hardcover

First published July 21, 2002

About the author

John T. Cacioppo was the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, University of Chicago.