The anterior cingulate gyrus and social cognition: tracking the motivation of others

MAJ Apps, MFS Rushworth, SWC Chang - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is implicated in a broad range of behaviors and
cognitive processes, but it has been unclear what contribution, if any, the ACC makes to …

What motivates adolescents? Neural responses to rewards and their influence on adolescents' risk taking, learning, and cognitive control

ACK Van Duijvenvoorde, S Peters, BR Braams… - Neuroscience & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Adolescence is characterized by pronounced changes in motivated behavior, during which
emphasis on potential rewards may result in an increased tendency to approach things that …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of early life stress on amygdala and striatal development

DS Fareri, N Tottenham - Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Species-expected caregiving early in life is critical for the normative development and
regulation of emotional behavior, the ability to effectively evaluate affective stimuli in the …

Epistemology in the era of fake news: An exploration of information verification behaviors among social networking site users

R Torres, N Gerhart, A Negahban - ACM SIGMIS Database: The …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Fake news has recently garnered increased attention across the world. Digital collaboration
technologies now enable individuals to share information at unprecedented rates to …

The cognitive neuroscience of moral judgment and decision making

JD Greene - 2015 - direct.mit.edu
Cognitive neuroscience aims to understand the mind in physical terms. This endeavor
assumes that the mind can be understood in physical terms, and, insofar as it is successful …

How learning shapes the empathic brain

G Hein, JB Engelmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Deficits in empathy enhance conflicts and human suffering. Thus, it is crucial to understand
how empathy can be learned and how learning experiences shape empathy-related …

The origins of criminal law

D Sznycer, C Patrick - Nature human behaviour, 2020 - nature.com
Laws against wrongdoing may originate in justice intuitions that are part of universal human
nature, according to the adaptationist theory of the origins of criminal law. This theory …

Social rewards: from basic social building blocks to complex social behavior

DI Tamir, BL Hughes - Perspectives on Psychological …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Humans are social creatures, engaging almost constantly in social behaviors that serve
ultimate social goals, such as forming strong bonds with one another. However, most social …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing the mechanisms of social connection

MR Delgado, DS Fareri, LJ Chang - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Understanding how individuals form and maintain strong social networks has emerged as a
significant public health priority as a result of the increased focus on the epidemic of …

The flatland fallacy: Moving beyond low–dimensional thinking

E Jolly, LJ Chang - Topics in cognitive science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Psychology is a complicated science. It has no general axioms or mathematical proofs, is
rarely directly observable, and is the only discipline in which the subject matter (ie, human …