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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 questionsBrainResearchMonkeysFrameworkHumans
2021
Levels of naturalism in social neuroscience research
Fan S, Dal Monte O, Chang SWC. Levels of naturalism in social neuroscience research. IScience 2021, 24: 102702. PMID: 34258547, PMCID: PMC8253962, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial stimuliReal-life social interactionsSocial behaviorSocial neuroscience researchTypical social behaviorsNeural substratesEcological validityNeural responsesNeuroscience researchSocial interactionVirtual avatarCertain stimuliStimuliExperimental controlEmpirical researchSpecific processesReal-life scenariosHigh levelsResearchAvatarContingenciesSampling techniqueBehaviorNaturalismResearchers