Many mammals have evolved to be social creatures. In humans, the ability to learn from
others' experiences is essential to survival; and from an early age, individuals are …

Decisions made by individuals can be influenced by what others think and do. Social
learning includes a wide array of behaviors such as imitation, observational learning of …

Intact social memory forms the basis of meaningful interactions between individuals. Many
factors can modulate the quality of social memory, and these have been studied in detail in …

Social recognition memory reflects the ability of the social animals to recognize and
remember familiar individuals of the same species. The unique ability for mammals to …

" James Watson once said,'there are only molecules; everything else is sociology.'His
tongue-in-cheek arrogance reminds us of the great gulf that once separated the'two cultures' …

Remembering events from the personal past (autobiographical memory) and inferring the
thoughts and feelings of other people (mentalizing) share a neural substrate. The shared …

The study of the brain mechanisms underpinning social behavior is currently undergoing a
paradigm shift, moving its focus from single individuals to the real-time interaction among …

Humans are exceedingly social animals, but the neural underpinnings of social cognition
and behavior are not well understood. Studies in humans and other primates have pointed …

We review a diversity of studies of human social interaction and highlight the importance of
social signals. We also discuss recent findings from social cognitive neuroscience that …

We provide in this chapter a brief overview of the present knowledge about social memory in
laboratory rodents with a focus on mice and rats. We discuss in the first part the relevance of …