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by Jamie Ward • The first single-authored introductory undergraduate textbook for this exciting new field • A perfect balance between cutting-edge coverage and an accessible overview of the topic • Written in an engaging style by Jamie Ward, the bestselling author of The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience • Attractive full-color layout • Includes helpful textbook features such as essay questions, summaries, key points and further reading • Accompanied by substantial supplementary resource material in new Interactive E-Textbook format • Download a free sample chapter now!
“I stopped using textbooks more than a decade ago, but that’s about to change. Given that Ward’s is the very first textbook focusing on social neuroscience, I am extremely impressed. It will be the best around for years to come. It is current, broad, and precise. The writing style will be accessible to undergraduates, graduates, and even professors. It is the perfect introduction to this exciting new field.” - Matthew D. Lieberman, Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
Social neuroscience is an expanding field which, by investigating the neural mechanisms that inform our behavior, explains our ability to recognize, understand, and interact with others. Concepts such as trust, revenge, empathy, prejudice, and love are now being explored and unraveled by the methods of neuroscience. Many researchers believe that evolutionary expansion of the primate and human brain was driven by the need to deal with social complexity, not only to understand and outwit our peers, but to take advantage of the benefits of cooperative living. But what kind of brain-based mechanisms did we end up with? Special routines for dealing with social problems, or more general solutions that can be used for non-social cognition too? How are we able to sacrifice our own self-interests to respond to the needs of others? How do cultural differences in the organization of society shape individual minds (and brains), and does the brain provide constraints on the possible range of cultural permutations? The Student’s Guide to Social Neuroscience explores and explains these big issues, using accessible examples from contemporary research. The first book of its kind, this engaging and cutting-edge text is an ideal introduction to the methods and concepts of social neuroscience for undergraduate and postgraduate students in fields such as psychology and neuroscience. l Each chapter is richly illustrated in attractive full-color, with figures, boxes and ‘real-world’ implications of research. l Numerous pedagogical features help students engage with the material, including essay questions, summary and key points, and further reading. l This book is accompanied by substantial online resources in IET format. See the inside back-cover of this brochure for details.
Dr Jamie Ward is an Associate Professor at the University of Sussex, UK. He has published over 60 scientific papers and several books including The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience (now in its second edition) and The Frog who Croaked Blue: Synesthesia and the Mixing of the Senses. He is the editorin-chief of Cognitive Neuroscience, a journal from Psychology Press.
October 2011: 246x189: 352pp Hb: 978-1-84872-004-6: £65.00 Pb: 978-1-84872-005-3: £34.95
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Table of Contents About the Author
6. Understanding Others.
Preface
Empathy and Simulation Theory.
1. Introduction to Social
Theory of Mind and Reasoning About Mental States.
The Emergence of Social Neuroscience.
Explaining Autism.
The Social Brain?
7. Interacting With Others.
Is Neuroscience the Appropriate Level of Explanation for Studying Social Behavior?
Altruism and Helping Behavior.
Neuroscience.
2. The Methods of Social Neuroscience. Measuring Behavior and Cognition: Psychological Methods. Measuring Bodily Responses.
Game Theory and Social Decision Making.
8. Relationships. All You Need is Love. Attachment.
Electrophysiological Methods.
Separation, Rejection, and Loneliness.
Functional Imaging: Hemodynamic Measures.
9. Groups and Identity.
Lesion Methods and Disruption of Function Using TMS.
3. Evolutionary Origins of Social
Intelligence and Culture.
The Social Intelligence Hypothesis.
Identity and the Self-Concept. Ingroups, Outgroups, and Prejudice. Herds, Crowds, and Religion.
10. Morality and Antisocial Behavior.
Evolutionary Origins of Culture.
The Neuroscience of Morality.
Material Symbols: Neuronal Recycling and Extended Cognition.
Anger and Aggression.
Cultural Skills: Tools and Technology.
Control and Responsibility: ‘It Wasn’t Me. It Was My Brain.’
4. Emotion and Motivation.
11. Developmental Social
Historical Perspectives on the Emotions. Different Categories of Emotion in the Brain. Motivation: Rewards and Punishment, Pleasure and Pain.
5. Reading Faces and Bodies.
Neuroscience.
Social Learning During Infancy. The Social Brain in Childhood: Understanding Self, Understanding Others. The Adolescent Brain.
Perceiving Faces.
References.
Perceiving Bodies.
Author Index.
Joint Attention: From Perception to Intention.
Subject Index.
Trait Inferences from Faces and Bodies.
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“The first book of its kind, this well-written and accessible text provides a compelling introduction to many of the fascinating questions, methods, and findings in the burgeoning field of social neuroscience.” - John T. Cacioppo, Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, University of Chicago “As a graduate student in social neuroscience, I found this an outstanding compendium of both the foundational concepts and the most essential cutting-edge developments in this exciting new field.” - Hauke Hillebrandt, Graduate Student, University College London
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