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Is There a ‘Social’ Brain? Implementations and Algorithms
Lockwood PL, Apps MAJ, Chang SWC. Is There a ‘Social’ Brain? Implementations and Algorithms. Trends In Cognitive Sciences 2020, 24: 802-813. PMID: 32736965, PMCID: PMC7501252, DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial behaviorNeural processesMotor facultiesInformation processingInfluential frameworkSocial specificitiesAlgorithmic levelGreater integrationPsychologyNeuroscienceBehaviorDifferent levelsImportant new insightsEmpirical approachMarrProcessingFundamental questionsBrainResearchMonkeysFrameworkHumansThe Anterior Cingulate Gyrus and Social Cognition: Tracking the Motivation of Others
Apps MA, Rushworth MF, Chang SW. The Anterior Cingulate Gyrus and Social Cognition: Tracking the Motivation of Others. Neuron 2016, 90: 692-707. PMID: 27196973, PMCID: PMC4885021, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.04.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cingulate cortexSocial cognitionSocio-cognitive abilitiesAnterior cingulate gyrusCognitive processesError processingSocial informationCingulate cortexSocial interactionSocial behaviorCingulate gyrusCognitionTestable predictionsGyrusMotivationACCGFurther evidenceComputational propertiesKey mechanismCortexBehaviorProcessingEvidenceIndividualsAbility
2021
Toward a holistic view of value and social processing in the amygdala: Insights from primate behavioral neurophysiology
Putnam PT, Chang SWC. Toward a holistic view of value and social processing in the amygdala: Insights from primate behavioral neurophysiology. Behavioural Brain Research 2021, 411: 113356. PMID: 33989727, PMCID: PMC8238892, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial behaviorSocial stimuliValue-related processesNegative emotional processesAspects of cognitionReward-related processesDistinct brain regionsSocial processingEmotional processesAmygdala's roleNeural basisPositive affectHolistic hypothesisPrimate neurophysiologyNeurophysiological mechanismsBehavioral neurophysiologySocial interactionValue processingModern neuroscienceTemporal lobeBrain regionsAmygdalaStimuliNeurophysiologyProcessing