Nearly 25 years ago, the shared interests of psychologists and biologists in understanding
the neural basis of social behavior led to the inception of social neuroscience. In the past …

Social species are so characterized because they form organizations that extend beyond the
individual. The goal of social neuroscience is to investigate the biological mechanisms that …

The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before,
from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many …

In this paper I first offer a systematic outline of a series of conceptual novelties in the life-
sciences that have favoured, over the last three decades, the emergence of a more social …

The rise of molecular epigenetics over the last few years promises to bring the discourse
about the sociality and susceptibility to environmental influences of the brain to an entirely …

In bioethics, the first decade of the twenty-first century was characterized by the emergence
of interest in the ethical, legal, and social aspects of neuroscience research. At the same …

The growth in polar travel has been matched in recent decades by an intensification of
scholarly activity related to many aspects of polar tourism. This paper systematically reviews …

This edited volume maps dialogues between science and technology studies research on
the arts and the emerging field of artistic research. The main themes in the book are an …

Background Psychiatric neurosurgery is experiencing a revival. Beside deep brain
stimulation (DBS), several ablative neurosurgical procedures are currently in use. Each …

The question of whether ethics should be empirically informed has a rhetorical ring to it—
how could it be better to be uninformed? Exciting developments in a number of disciplines …