Introduction Recent advances in neuroimaging offer an unprecedented window into the
female sexual brain. The small samples and poor statistical power of individual functional …

Lonely individuals may exhibit dysfunction, particularly with respect to social empathy and
self-efficacy. White matter (WM) structures related to loneliness have not yet been identified …

Reading other people's eyes is a valuable skill during interpersonal interaction. Although a
number of studies have investigated visual patterns in relation to the perceiver's interest …

This paper investigates the psychology of bleed-out, in which in-character dynamics spill
over into out-of-character thoughts and feelings (Montola, 2011). We pair emerging …

Most mental disorders involve disruptions of normal social behavior. Social neuroscience is
an interdisciplinary field devoted to understanding the biological systems underlying social …

This chapter discusses the fact that passionate love and sexual desire are universal desires.
Passionate love is a universal emotion. Yet despite its universality, culture has a profound …

Background: Although a large number of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
studies have investigated the neural bases of empathy, little is known about its …

The insular cortex has consistently been associated with various aspects of emotion
regulation and social interaction, including anger processing and overt aggression …

Background and purpose: Previous voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies have
suggested that cortical atrophy is regionally distributed in middle-aged subjects with white …

A textbook that lays down the foundational principles for understanding social neuroscience
Humans, like many other animals, are a highly social species. But how do our biological …