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5 - Cognizance of the Neuroimaging Methods for Studying the Social Brain

from Part I - Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

By
Stephanie Cacioppo  and
John T. Cacioppo
Edited by
Sukhvinder S. Obhi  and
Emily S. Cross
Sukhvinder S. Obhi
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Ontario
Emily S. Cross
Affiliation:
Bangor University
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Abstract

A key challenge in the study of the social brain resides not only in determining how psychological states and processes map onto patterns of brain activity but also how this activity is modulated by shared representations, social compositions and social behaviors. The past 20 years have seen the growth of neuroimaging methods for studying neural aspects of shared representations, embodied cognition and the social brain in normal, waking humans. We discuss the intimate relationship between theory and methods; we discuss a set of considerations to guide the interpretation or understanding of data from neuroimaging studies; and we discuss the importance of using converging methods to dissect the social brain.

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Shared Representations
Sensorimotor Foundations of Social Life
 , pp. 86 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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