The ontogeny of human empathy is better understood with reference to the evolutionary
history of the social brain. Empathy has deep evolutionary, biochemical, and neurological …

Our reliance on our group members has exerted a profound influence over our motivation:
successful group functioning requires that we are motivated to interact, and engage, with …

Involvement with friends carries many advantages for adolescents, including protection from
the detrimental effects of being rejected by peers. However, little is known about the …

Interacting parenting thoughts and behaviors, supported by key brain circuits, critically
shape human infants' current and future behavior. Indeed, the parent–infant relationship …

Social exclusion is a distressing experience and can result in a reduction of prosocial
behavior. In this fMRI study we examined the neural networks involved in social exclusion …

Abstract Objectives The Cyberball paradigm is often used to study social stress by
exclusion/rejection. We aimed to review the existing neuroimaging literatures in order to …

The current research expands upon the sparse existing literature on the nature of bias
against interracial couples. Study 1 demonstrates that bias against interracial romance is …

Previous studies have demonstrated that the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (RVLPFC)
is crucially involved in downregulating physical and social pain. However, it remains unclear …

The neuropeptide oxytocin has been shown to stimulate prosocial behavior. However,
recent studies indicate that adverse early caregiving experiences may moderate the positive …

Reward processing is often considered to be a monolithic construct, with different incentive
types eliciting equivalent neural and behavioral responses. The majority of the literature on …