The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience

The complexities of the brain and nervous system make neuroscience an inherently interdisciplinary pursuit, one that comprises disparate basic, clinical, and applied disciplines. Behavioral neuroscientists approach the brain and nervous system as instruments of sensation and response; cognitive neuroscientists view the same systems as a solitary computer with a focus on representations and processes. The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience marks the emergence of a third broad perspective in this field. Social neuroscience emphasizes the functions that emerge through the coaction and interaction of conspecifics, the neural mechanisms that underlie these functions, and the commonality and differences across social species and superorganismal structures. With an emphasis on the neural, hormonal, cellular, and genetic mechanisms underlying social behavior, social neuroscience places emphasis on the associations and influences between social and biological levels of organization. This complex interdisciplinary perspective demands theoretical, methodological, statistical, and inferential rigor to effectively integrate basic, clinical, and applied perspectives on the nervous system and brain. Reflecting the diverse perspectives that make up this field, The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience brings together perspectives from across the sciences in one authoritative volume.

Jean Decety, Ph.D., is Irving B. Harris Professor at the University of Chicago, with a primary appointment in the Department of Psychology and a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry. He received his Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the University of Claude Bernard (Lyon, France) in 1989. John T. Cacioppo, Ph.D., is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Social Psychology Program at the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Ohio State University in 1977.

Part One: Foundational Principles and Methods
1. An Introduction to Social Neuroscience John T. Cacioppo and Jean Decety2. Historical Perspectives on Social NeuroscienceSvenja Matusall, Markus Christen and Ina Kaufman3. Evolutionary Basis of the Social BrainRobin Dunbar4. The Evolution of Social Behavior Lisa A. Parr and Bridget M. Waller5. Social Affective Neuroscience: A Neuropsychological PerspectiveJanelle Beadle and Daniel Tranel6. Essentials of Functional of NeuroimagingTor D. Wager and Martin A. Lindquist 7. Electromagnetic brain mapping using MEG and EEGSylvain Baillet8. Psychoneuroimmunology in vivo: Methods and PrinciplesJos Bosch, Christopher Engel, and Victoria Burns
Part Two: Motivation and Emotion
9. Neurobiology of Social Bonding and AttachmentC. Sue Carter and Stephen W. Porges 10. Neural Basis of MotivationGreg J. Norman, John T. Cacioppo, and Gary Berntson11. Processing social and non-social rewards in the human brainLauren A. Leotti and Mauricio R. Delgado12. Wanting and Liking:Piotr Winkielman and Kent Berridge13. AttitudesWilliam Cunningham, Ingrid R. Johnsen, and Andrew Jahn14. The Emotion-Attention Interface: Neural, Developmental and Clinical ConsiderationsMichael L. Kirwan, Lauren K. White, and Nathan Fox15. The Neuroscience of Personality Traits: Descriptions and PrescriptionsAngelina R. Sutin, Robert R. McCrae, and Paul T. Costa16. Emotion RecognitionRalph Adolphs and Vanessa Janowski17. Odor Evoked MemoryRachel Herz18. Emotional Regulation: Neural Bases and BeyondPeter Mende-Siedlecki, Hedy Kober, and Kevin N. Ochsner
Part Three: Social Cognition
19. Brain Development and Social CognitionTomas Paus 20. An Overview of Self-Awareness and the BrainJulian Keenan, Hanna Oh, and Franco Amati21. Note to SelfSusanne Quadflieg and C. Neil Macrae22. Unconscious Action Tendencies: Sources of 'Un-Integrated' Action Ezequiel Morsella and John A. Bargh23. The Prefrontal Cortex and Goal-Directed Social BehaviorAron K. Barbey and Jordan Grafman24. Staying in Control: The Neural Basis of Self-Regulation and its FailureDylan D. Wagner, Kathryn E. Demos, and Todd F. Heatherton25. Hearing voices: Neurocognition of the human voicePascal Belin26. Intersecting Identities and Expressions: The Compound Nature of Social PerceptionReginald B. Adams, Jr. and Anthony J. Nelson27. Person PerceptionBruce D. Bartholow and Cheryl L. Dickter28. Impression Formation: A Focus on Others' IntentsDaniel L. Ames, Susan Fiske, and Alex Todorov29. The Origin of First Impressions in Animal and Infant Face PerceptionLeslie A. Zebrowitz and Yi Zhang30. Using ERPs to Understand the Process and Implications of Social CategorizationTiffany Ito31. Real-world consequences of social deficits: Executive function and theory of mind in patients with ventral frontal damage and traumatic brain injuryValerie E. Stone and Catherine A. Hynes32. The Neuroscience of Moral Cognition and EmotionRoland Zahn, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, and Jorge Moll33. Embodiment and Social Cognition Paula Niedenthal, Jiska Eelen, and Marcus Maringer34. Socioemotional functioning and the aging brainGregory R. Samanez-Larkin and Laura L. Carstensen
Part Four: Inter-Personal Processes
35. Mirror Neuron System and social cognitionChristian Keysers, Marc Thious, and Valeria Gazzola36. Mirror Neuron System and ImitationMarco Iacoboni37. EmpathyTania Singer and Jean Decety 38. AltruismStephanie Preston and Frans de Waal39. Why rejection hurts: What social neuroscience has revealed about the brain's response to social rejectionNaomi Eisenberger40. Neural Systems of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Self-Esteem MaintenanceJennifer S. Beer41. The Social Regulation of EmotionJames Coan42. From Melody to Words: The Importance of MelodyKathleen Wermke and Werner Mende43. The Development of Language Pat Kuhl44. Language and CommunicationHoward Nusbaum
Part Five: Group Processes
45. The Neurobiology of Primate Social BehaviorMelissa Bauman, Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Christopher J. Machado and David G. Amaral46. Neural Representation of Social HierarchyCaroline F. Zink and Joseph, W. Barter47. Group Processes: Social DominancePaul W. Czoty, Drake Morgan, and Michael A. Nader48. Mechanisms for the Regulation of Intergroup Responses: A Social Neuroscience AnalysisDavid Amodio and Kyle G. Ratner49. Cultural neuroscience: Visualizing culture-gene influences on brain functionJoan Chiao
Part Six: Social Influences on Health and Clinical Syndromes
50. Perceived Social Isolation: Social Threat Vigilance and Its Implications for HealthLouise C. Hawkley and John T. Cacioppo51. Pathways Linking Early Life Stress to Adult HealthShelley Taylor52. Physiological Effects of Social Threat: Implications for Health Sally S. Dickerson, Tara L. Gruenewald, and Margaret Kemeny53. Social Neuroscientific Pathways Linking Social Support to HealthBert Uchino, Timothy Smith, Wendy Birmingham, and McKenzie Carlisle 54. Stress, Negative Emotions, and InflammationJean-Philippe Gouin, Liisa V. Hantsoo, and Janice K.Kiecolt-Glaser55. Neural Endophenotypes of Social Behavior in Autism Spectrum ConditionsMichael V. Lombardo, Simon Baron-Cohen, Matthew K. Belmonte, and Bhismadev Chakrabarti56. Developmental disordersYoko Kamio, Shozo Tobimatsu and Hiroki Fukui57. The Asperger SyndromeBruno Wicker and Marie Gonnot58. Antisocial Personality DisordersAndrea Glenn and Adrian Raine59. Psychopathy from the perspective of social and cognitive neuroscienceJames Blair60. Alexythimia from the Affective Neuroscience PerspectiveSylvie Berthoz61. Theory of Mind Deficits in Neurological PatientsTal Shany-Ur and Simone Shamay-Tsoory
Part Seven: Applications
62. The cognitive neuroscience of strategic thinking Meghana Bhatt and Colin F. Camerer63. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of deceptionDaniel D. Langleben and Jonathan G. Hakun64. Mutual Benefits of Using Humanoid Robots in Social NeuroscienceThierry Chaminade65. The social brain in adolescence and the potential impact of social neuroscience on educationSarah-Jayne Blakemore66. The Influence of Video Games on Social, Cognitive, and Affective Information ProcessingKira Bailley, Robert West, and Craig Anderson
Part Eight: Societal Significance
67. Ethical, legal and societal issues in social neuroscience.Martha J. Farah
Part Nine: Conclusions
68. Epilogue John T. Cacioppo and Jean Decety