Social cognitive neuroscience is an emerging branch of cognitive neurosciencethat bridges together social psychology and neuroscience. At its core is an understanding of the relationship between the brain and social interaction. Thesocial cognitive neuroscientist places empirical endeavor within a three-stage framework, and questions falling under the SCN rubric undergo interrogation at each of these three levels. Firstly, we seek to understand a neuroscience of social interactions at the social level. Here we need to understand the motivational and other social factors that drive our behavior and experience in the real world. It goes without saying that any study of the cognitive neuroscience of socially interactive behavior must first be informed by social psychological theory to maintain ecological validity. Second, the social cognitive neuroscientist must be an adroit cognitive psychologist and be able to examine interactive behavior from the cognitive level. It is here that information-processing models and theories are applied to the understanding of our social behavior. Finally, studies at the neural level seek to inform us about the corticalstructures, as well as the way they interact with other, in the mediation of the previous cognitive level.
- ISBN: 978-1-57331-698-9
- Editorial: New York Academy of Science
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 252
- Fecha Publicación: 02/01/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés