Along with the increased interest in and volume of social cognition research, there has been
higher awareness of a lack of agreement on the concepts and taxonomy used to study social …

Empathy is an integral part of socioemotional well-being, but recent research has
highlighted some of its downsides. Here we examine literature that establishes when, how …

Highlights•Socio-affective and socio-cognitive processes are separable; behaviorally and
neurally.•The related neural networks co-activate and interact in complex social …

Human adults recruit distinct networks of brain regions to think about the bodies and minds
of others. This study characterizes the development of these networks, and tests for …

Although neuroscientific research has revealed experience-dependent brain changes
across the life span in sensory, motor, and cognitive domains, plasticity relating to social …

Using movies and narratives as naturalistic stimuli in human neuroimaging studies has
yielded significant advances in understanding of cognitive and emotional functions. The …

The role of peripheral physiology in the experience of emotion has been debated since the
19th century following the seminal proposal by William James that somatic responses to …

When environments lack compelling goals, humans often let their minds wander to thoughts
with greater personal relevance; however, we currently do not understand how this context …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period involve numerous physiological adaptations that
enable the development and survival of the offspring. A distinct neural plasticity …

Social feelings have conceptual and empirical connections with affect and emotion. In this
review, we discuss how they relate to cognition, emotion, behavior and well-being. We …