The social neuroscience of music: Understanding the social brain through human song.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Greenberg ◽  
Jean Decety ◽  
Ilanit Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Social Brain ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Social neuroscience and social genomics: the emergence of multi-level integrative analyses

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Cacioppo ◽  
Stephanie Cacioppo ◽  
Steven W. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Social Brain ◽  
The Social ◽  
Integrative Analyses ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
And Function

Social neuroscience emerged more than 20 years ago and has grown into a mature interdisciplinary scientific field. Research now provides compelling evidence that the structure and function of the nervous system are influenced by the social environment. Recent work in social genomics further underscores the importance of the social environment by demonstrating the influence of the social environment on gene expression. The multi-level, interdisciplinary approach and the integration of animal models and human research in social neuroscience have proven synergistic and promise continued advances in the delineation of the social brain across species and generations.

Social by Default: Characterizing the Social Functions of the Resting Brain

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan L. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Default Network ◽  
Social Brain ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Neuroscience Research ◽  
The Social

Social-neuroscience research has identified a set of medial frontoparietal brain regions that reliably engage during social cognition. At the same time, cognitive-neuroscience research has shown that these regions comprise part of the default network, so named because they reliably activate during mental breaks by default. Although the anatomical similarity between the social brain and the default brain is well documented, why this overlap exists remains a mystery. Does the tendency to engage these regions by default during rest have particular social functions, and if so, what might these be? Here, it is suggested that the default network performs two critical social functions during rest: social priming and social consolidation. These constructs will be defined, recently published empirical findings that support them will be reviewed, and directions for future research on the topic will be proposed.

Social neuroscience: The social brain, oxytocin, and health

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg J. Norman ◽  
Louise C. Hawkley ◽  
Steve W. Cole ◽  
Gary G. Berntson ◽  
John T. Cacioppo
Keyword(s):  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Social Brain ◽  
The Social

The Social Brain and the Myth of Empathy

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Young
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Social Brain ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Neuroscience Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Operational Models ◽  
The Brain

ArgumentNeuroscience research has created multiple versions of the human brain. The “social brain” is one version and it is the subject of this paper. Most image-based research in the field of social neuroscience is task-driven: the brain is asked to respond to a cognitive (perceptual) stimulus. The tasks are derived from theories, operational models, and back-stories now circulating in social neuroscience. The social brain comes with a distinctive back-story, an evolutionary history organized around three, interconnected themes: mind-reading, empathy, and the emergence of self-consciousness. This paper focuses on how empathy has been incorporated into the social brain and redefined via parallel research streams, employing a shared, imaging technology. The concluding section describes how these developments can be understood as signaling the emergence of a new version of human nature and the unconscious. My argument is not that empathy in the social brain is a myth, but rather that it is served by a myth consonant with the canons of science.

scholarly journals A Review Essay on Social Neuroscience: Can Research on the Social Brain and Economics Inform Each Other?

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 234-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Alós-Ferrer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
Brain Networks ◽  
Brain Structures ◽  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Social Brain ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social

Social neuroscience studies the “social brain,” conceived as the set of brain structures and functions supporting the perception and evaluation of the social environment. This article provides an overview of the field, using the book Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society (Russell K. Schutt, Larry J. Seidman, and Matcheri S. Keshavan, editors) as a starting point. Topics include the evolution of the social brain, the concept of “theory of mind,” the relevant brain networks, and documented failures of the social brain. I argue that social neuroscience and economics can greatly benefit from each other because the social brain underlies interpersonal decision making, as studied in economics. (JEL D11, D71, D87, Z13)

The Social Brain

2017 ◽  
pp. 277-293
Author(s):  
Riitta Hari ◽  
Aina Puce
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Social Brain ◽  
Social Stimuli ◽  
Brain Functions ◽  
The Social

This chapter discusses MEG and EEG studies of social cognition and interaction. Our understanding in this field mainly derives from experiments using isolated verbal and visual social stimuli in highly controlled laboratory environments. However, normal social interaction occurs in a complex dynamic environment where behavior must be adapted and synchronized with partners. Consequently, set-ups have been developed to study brain functions during naturalistic interactions, even “hyperscanning” two brains at the same time in settings of two-person neuroscience, based on knowledge acquired in previous well-controlled laboratory studies where the participants were in a spectator role. This chapter discusses past studies of social cognition, action observation, mirroring, interaction, and emotional processing, and examines how future studies of social neuroscience might be conducted.

The Social Brain: The Blind Men and The Elephant

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1073-1075
Author(s):  
Kristie J. Nies
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
New York ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Social Brain ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Biological Basis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Social Behavior

Social Neuroscience: Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations of Social Behavior. Eddie Harmon-Jones and Piotr Winkielman (Eds.). 2007. New York: The Guilford Press, 512 pp., $65.00 (HB)I reviewed this book shortly after reading The Neuroscience of Human Relationships, by Louis Cozolino (2006), hoping that this book, which addresses how our brains exist in relationship to other brains, would be an adequate prerequisite for Social Neuroscience. I had concerns that its focus would be the biology of social psychology proper (rather than the biology of social relationships) for which I would be less qualified and less interested. A quick perusal convinced me that the book was indeed about the biological basis of human social behavior. With that information and a review of a similar title, Social Neuroscience: People Thinking About Thinking People (Fein, 2006), I proceeded.

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