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The student's guide to social neuroscience / Jamie Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Jamie, 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perception.
- Social interaction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (667 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Social neuroscience is an expanding field that 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 unravelled by neuroscientists. This engaging and cutting-edge text is an accessible introduction to the complex methods and concepts of social neuroscience, with examples from contemporary research and a blend of different pedagogical features helping students to engage with the material, including essay questions, summary and key points, and further reading suggestions. The second edition of this groundbreaking text is thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the growing volume of evidence and theories in the field. Notable additions include a greater emphasis on genetics and hormones, and the expansion of topics such as cultural neuroscience, emotion regulation, biological markers of autism, power and status, social categorization of faces and people, and new accounts of mirror neuron functioning. The book is supported by a new and updated companion website, including useful features such as lecture recordings, multiple choice questions and web links, as well as PowerPoint slides for lecturers. Richly illustrated in attractive full-color, with figures, boxes, and 'real-world' implications of research, this text is the ideal introduction to the subject for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of psychology and neuroscience. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction to social neuroscience
- The methods of social neuroscience
- Evolutionary origins
- Emotion and motivation
- Reading faces and bodies
- Understanding others
- Interacting with others
- Relationships
- Groups and identity
- Morality and antisocial behavior
- Developmental social neuroscience
- Example essay questions
- Recommended further reading.
- Notes:
- Revised edition of the author's The student's guide to social neuroscience, 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 17, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ward, Jamie, 1972- Student's guide to social neuroscience.
- ISBN:
- 9781317439172
- 1317439171
- 9781317439189
- 131743918X
- 9781315694306
- 1315694301
- Publisher Number:
- 99986145695
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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