Mirror neurons (MNs) were first described in a seminal paper in 1992 as a class of monkey
premotor cells discharging during both action execution and observation. Despite their …

The human social brain is complex. Current knowledge fails to define the neurobiological
processes underlying social behaviour involving the (patho-) physiological mechanisms that …

A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in
the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness. What marked the evolutionary transition …

Expert decision-making can be directly assessed, if sport action is understood as an
expression of embedded and embodied cognition. Here, we discuss evidence for this claim …

Social Safety Theory hypothesizes that develo** and maintaining friendly social bonds is
a fundamental organizing principle of human behavior and that threats to social safety are a …

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 …

Humans are inherently emotional creatures due to our social nature, and emotions are able
to influence how well we learn and even affect academic outcomes. Emotions are rarely a …

Second-person neuroscience focuses on studying the behavioral and neuronal
mechanisms of real-time social interactions within single and across interacting brains. In …

Social animals have to know the spatial positions of conspecifics. However, it is unknown
how the position of others is represented in the brain. We designed a spatial observational …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …