Social cognitive neuroscience: where are we heading?
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Humans crave the company of others and suffer profoundly if temporarily isolated from society. Much of the brain must have evolved to deal with social communication and we are increasingly learning more about the neurophysiological basis of social cognition. Here, we explore some of the reasons why social cognitive neuroscience is captivating the interest of many researchers. We focus on its future, and what we believe are priority areas for further research.
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Research on social cognition will continue to follow the strategy of segregating processes that contribute promiscuously to both social and nonsocial-cognitive abilities from those that appear exclusive to human social behavior.
“It is expected that, for some time to come, research on social cognition will continue to follow this strategy of segregating processes that contribute promiscuously to both social and nonsocial-cognitive abilities from those that appear exclusive to human social behavior (Blakemore et al. 2004).”
From Activity in Right Temporo-Parietal Junction is Not Selective for Theory-of-Mind (2008) · cites this paper as Blakemore et al. 2004
Mentalizing about similar versus dissimilar others is associated with a distinct division of labor in medial prefrontal cortex: a dorsal aspect for dissimilar others and a more ventral aspect (vMPFC) for similar others.
“Specifically, a dorsal aspect of the medial prefrontal cortex has been associated with mentalizing about people perceived to be dissimilar from oneself, whereas a more ventral aspect of medial prefrontal cortex (vMPFC) has been linked to mentalizing about those perceived to be similar.”
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- Authors
- Blakemore, S.-J., Winston, J., & Frith, U.
- Affiliations
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-05
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 216-222
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2145802841
- Cited by
- 224
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 2.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- social cognitive neuroscience, social cognition, social communication, social isolation, future research directions
- MeSH terms
- Bayes Theorem, Communication, Emotions, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Neurophysiology, Social Behavior, Cognitive Science
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