Neurosociology The Nexus Between Neuroscience and Social Psychology /

• Main Author: Franks, David D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Neurosciences.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5531-9

Recently, neuroscientists have presented new research which has a direct impact on many areas of Social Psychology. In this innovative volume, the author explores the nexus of Social Psychology and Neuroscience with relation to: -The Human "Self" -The Social Nature of the Mind -Socializati...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Evolution of The Human Brain
• What is Social about the Human Brain
• The new Unconscious
• Mirror Neurons and Pragmatism
• Neuroscience of Emotion
• The Self in Neuroscience and Social Psychology
• Science and Irreducible Qualia
• The Place of Imitation in Social Life
• Determinism and Free Will
• Conclusions.