When Watching Others in Pain, Women’s Brains Show More Empathy
Study reveals women have higher activation in sensory areas of the brain associated with pain compared to males when witnessing another person suffering.... Read More...
social cognition
Seeing Through Another’s Eyes: How We Use Others’ Viewpoints to Make Decisions
Researchers shed light on how we are able to effectively form mental images of how objects look to other people. ... Read More...
Neuroimaging Study Challenges Dominant Theoretical Model of ASD
A new study reports short distance connectivity abnormalities may be involved in social cognitive deficits in those with ASD.... Read More...
Dog Intelligence ‘Not Exceptional’
Researchers say people may be over estimating the cognitive abilities of dogs. A new study reveals dog intelligence is matched with that of other domestic animals, social hunters and carnivores.... Read More...
Left Cradling Bias Linked to Better Social Cognitive Abilities in Children
A new study reports the preference for a child to cradle dolls on the left side have higher social cognitive ability than those with right cradling bias. ... Read More...
Oxytocin Mediates Subjective Duration of Social Interactions
A new study examines how the hormone oxytocin helps to mediate social interactions.... Read More...
Having an Audience May Help You Perform Better
According to researchers, when people are aware they are being observed, brain areas associated with social awareness and reward activate a part of the brain that affects motor control, helping them to perform better at skilled tasks.... Read More...
Twitter Can Reveal Our Shared Mood
Bristol University researchers reveal strong circadian patterns for both negative and positive moods shared between Twitter users' Tweets.... Read More...
People Prove Adept at Predicting Emotional Transitions
While it is easy for most of us to read the emotions of those around us at a given time, researchers suggest that people are also skilled at predicting future emotions in others, thanks to a mental model of emotional transitions.... Read More...
Brain Damage Can Make Sideways Faces More Memorable and Give Us ‘Emotional Blindness’
Research sheds light on how damage to the amygdala affects facial recognition and gaze perception.... Read More...
Newly Discovered Brain Network Offers Clues to Social Cognition
Researchers discover brain areas in primates exclusively dedicated to analyzing social interactions.... Read More...
How Your Brain Makes An Article Go Viral
A new study investigates how our brains decide which news articles to read and share. Brain scans also help predict large scale virality of some posts.... Read More...