How does our brain choose the best course of action? Choices between material goods are
thought to be steered by neural value signals that encode the rewarding properties of the …

Social animals including humans share a range of social mechanisms that are automatic
and implicit and enable learning by observation. Learning from others includes imitation of …

This meta-analysis explores the role of the cerebellum in social cognition. Recent meta-
analyses of neuroimaging studies since 2008 demonstrate that the cerebellum is only …

Social interactions involve complex exchanges of a variety of social signals, such as gaze,
facial expressions, speech and gestures. Focusing on the dual function of eye gaze, this …

Virtually all theories of the evolution of cooperation require that cooperators find ways to
interact with one another selectively, to the exclusion of cheaters. This means that …

Inferring the relative rank (ie, status) of others is essential to navigating social hierarchies. A
survey of the expanding social psychological and neuroscience literatures on status reveals …

People act more prosocially when they know they are watched by others, an everyday
observation borne out by studies from behavioral economics, social psychology, and …

This meta‐analytic connectivity modeling (MACM) study explores the functional connectivity
of the cerebellum with the cerebrum in social cognitive processes. In a recent meta‐analysis …

Individuals experience reward not only when directly receiving positive outcomes (eg, food
or money), but also when observing others receive such outcomes. This latter phenomenon …

A unique feature of adolescent social re-orientation is heightened sensitivity to peer
influence when taking risks. However, positive peer influence effects are not yet well …