Social norms are the glue that holds society together, yet our knowledge of them remains
heavily intellectually siloed. This article provides an interdisciplinary review of the emerging …

Learning the value of stimuli and actions from others—social learning—adaptively
contributes to individual survival and plays a key role in cultural evolution. We review …

When we clap our hands in synchrony, feel the sadness of a friend, or match our attitudes to
peer norms, we align our behavior with others. We propose here a model that views …

Recent overarching frameworks propose that various human social interactions are
commonly supported by a set of fundamental neuropsychological processes, including …

Self representation is fundamental to mental functions. While the self has mostly been
studied in traditional psychophilosophical terms ('self as subject'), recent laboratory work …

Both social and material rewards play a crucial role in daily life and function as strong
incentives for various goal-directed behaviors. However, it remains unclear whether the …

Norms permeate human life. Most of people's activities can be characterized by rules about
what is appropriate, allowed, required, or forbidden—rules that are crucial in making people …

Social rewards or punishments motivate human learning and behaviour, and alterations in
the brain circuits involved in the processing of these stimuli have been linked with several …

Instructions, suggestions, and other types of social information can have powerful effects on
pain and emotion. Prominent examples include observational learning, social influence …

This article provides an overview of research on social contagion in the context of education.
We highlight the importance of students' social interactions in school, considering contagion …