This engaging and cutting-edge text provides an accessible introduction to the complex methods and concepts of social neuroscience, with examples from contemporary research and a blend of different pedagogical features helping students to engage with the material, including essay questions, summary and key points, further reading suggestions, and links to online resources.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to social neuroscience

2 The methods of social neuroscience

3 Evolutionary origins of social intelligence and culture

4 Emotion and motivation

5 Reading faces and bodies

6 Understanding others

7 Interacting with others

8 Relationships

9 Groups and identity

10 Morality and antisocial behavior

11 Developmental social neuroscience

About the Author

Jamie Ward is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, UK. He has published more than 150 scientific papers and several books including The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience (now in its fourth edition) and The Frog who Croaked Blue: Synesthesia and the Mixing of the Senses (now translated into four languages). He was the founding editor of Cognitive Neuroscience, a journal from Taylor & Francis.