Cognitive Neuroscience of Social Behaviour

This book is at the cutting edge of the rapidly emerging field of the cognitive neuroscience of social behaviour. It brings together leading researchers from neuroscience, animal behaviour, cognition and psychopathology; and manages to weave together state-of-the-art reviews, that are both informative and exciting, into a coherent volume that is bound to guide future developments in this important field. - Dr. Philip J. Corr, Goldsmiths College, University of London

• A. Easton, N. Emery, Introduction. Part 1: Neural Substrates of Social Interactions. J. Bachevalier, M. Meunier, The Neurobiology of Social Behaviour in Non-human Primates. A. Easton, Behavioural Flexibility, Social Learning and the Frontal Cortex. T. Jellema, D.I. Perrett, Neural Basis for the Perception of Goal-directed Actions. Part 2: Cognitive Neuroscience of Social Cognition. N.J. Emery, The Evolution of Social Cognition. A.S. Heberlein, R. Adolphs, Functional Anatomy of Human Social Cognition. M.D. Lieberman, J.H. Pfeifer, The Self and Social Perception. Three Kinds of Questions in Social Cognitive Neuroscience. Part 3: Human Disorders of Social Behaviour and Cognition. S. Baron-Cohen, Autism and the Origins of Social Neuroscience. Z. Kyte, I. Goodyer, The Neurobiology of Social Cognition and Its Relationship to Unipolar Depression. R.J.R. Blair, The Neurobiology of Antisocial Behaviour and Psychopathy.