Social Neuroscience

This volume provides overviews of cutting-edge research in social neuroscience that addresses some of the primary processes of interest to social psychologists. It showcases the theoretical and methodological diversity and depth of current research in the field, with chapters that represent a wide variety of approaches, including social, cognitive, clinical, personality, and evolutionary perspectives. The volume captures the excitement that permeates the field and provides an invaluable resource for upper-level courses and for anyone embarking on a social neuroscientific research program.

A Brief Overview of Social Neuroscience: Biological Perspectives on Social Psychology, E. Harmon-Jones & M. Inzlicht. Perceiving Persons: Social Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches, C.D. Von Gunten, B.D. Bartholow, & H.I. Volpert. Persuasion Neuroscience: New Potential to Test Dual-process Theories, I.S. Vezich, E.B. Falk, & M.D. Lieberman. Mentalizing, J.M. Moran & J.P. Mitchell. Three Questions about the Neural Basis of Self, J.S. Beer. The Neuroscience of "Ego Depletion" or: How the Brain Can Help Us Understand Why Self-Control Seems Limited, M. Inzlicht, E. Berkman, & N. Elkins-Brown. Existential Neuroscience: A Review and Outlook for the Case of Death Awareness, M. Quirin & J. Klackl. Oxytocin Conditions Human Group Psychology, C.K.W. De Dreu. Sex, Love, Temptation: Human Mating Motives and their Underlying Endocrinology, J.K. Maner & T. Reynolds. The Biological Perspective on Intergroup Relations, E. Page-Gould & C. Danyluck. Neural Correlates of Social Pain, M. Moieni & N. Eisenberger. A Review of Social Neuroscience Research on Anger and Aggression, D.J. Angus, D.J.L.G. Schutter, D. Terburg, J. van Honk, & E. Harmon-Jones. Cultural Neuroscience: Bridging Cultural and Biological Sciences, J.Y. Chiao & K.D. Blizinsky.