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Social cognition and the prefrontal cortex.

Jacqueline N Wood1

  • 1Cognitive Neuroscience Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1440, USA. woodj@ninds.nih.gov

Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews
|September 19, 2003
PubMed
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Social cognitive neuroscience uses brain imaging to study social behaviors like attitudes. This review focuses on the prefrontal cortex

Area of Science:

  • Social cognitive neuroscience
  • Neuroscience
  • Social psychology

Background:

  • Social cognition research bridges social psychology and neuroscience.
  • Understanding social behavior requires neuroscientific insights.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review neuroscientific and neuropsychological research on social cognition.
  • To focus on the prefrontal cortex's role in social behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Review of published neuroscientific and neuropsychological studies.
  • Analysis of lesion studies and neuroimaging data.

Main Results:

  • The prefrontal cortex is central to social behavior.
  • Existing research can be integrated into a cohesive framework.

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Conclusions:

  • A proposed framework unifies social cognitive neuroscience research.
  • This framework will guide future investigations into social cognition and the brain.