The ability to adaptively regulate emotion is essential for mental and physical well-being.
How should we organize the myriad ways people attempt to regulate their emotions? We …

The medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) has been posited to serve a variety of social, affective,
and cognitive functions. These conclusions have largely been driven by forward inference …

Despite global increases in diversity, social prejudices continue to fuel intergroup conflict,
disparities and discrimination. Moreover, as norms have become more egalitarian …

We review emerging research on the psychological and biological factors that underlie
social group formation, cooperation, and conflict in humans. Our aim is to integrate the …

Since the publication of our first text on social cognition, a lot has changed for us personally
(children come and gone, grandchildren have arrived, new jobs, new houses) and …

Social cognitive neuroscience examines social phenomena and processes using cognitive
neuroscience research tools such as neuroimaging and neuropsychology. This review …

We present in this paper a picture of the neural systems controlling defense that updates
and simplifies Gray's “Neuropsychology of Anxiety”. It is based on two behavioural …

One may have experienced his or her footsteps unconsciously synchronize with the
footsteps of a friend while walking together, or heard an audience's clap** hands naturally …

Moral cognitive neuroscience is an emerging field of research that focuses on the neural
basis of uniquely human forms of social cognition and behaviour. Recent functional imaging …

Recent research suggests that visual perception of social categories is shaped not only by
facial features but also by higher-order social cognitive processes (eg, stereotypes, attitudes …