Tag Archives: social cognition

Cross-network interactions in social cognition

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Giorgio Bertini

Theory of Mind, empathy, and action observation are central themes in social neuroscience research. Meta-analyses of functional neuroimaging studies show substantial heterogeneity in brain activation for these cognitive abilities, depending on the type of experimental task used. We followed up … Continue reading →

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Social cognitive development during adolescence

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

Social relationships are particularly important during adolescence. In recent years, histological and MRI studies have shown that the brain is subject to considerable structural development during adolescence. Brain regions that are implicated in social cognition, including parts of prefrontal, parietal … Continue reading →

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Affective resonance and social interaction

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

Interactive social cognition theory and approaches of developmental psychology widely agree that central aspects of emotional and social experience arise in the unfolding of processes of embodied social interaction. Bi-directional dynamical couplings of bodily displays such as facial expressions, gestures, … Continue reading →

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Contextualizing culture and social cognition

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

Cognitive neuroscientists have recently begun to study self-consciousness and intersubjectivity but have not yet taken into account adequately the influence of culture on these phenomena. Here, we argue against the naïve inclusion of ‘culture’ as an additional independent factor that … Continue reading →

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Brain networks for Social Interactions

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

By studying rhesus monkeys, researchers have identified a brain network dedicated to processing social interactions — a discovery that offers tantalizing clues to the origins of our ability to understand what other people are thinking. Scientists call our ability to … Continue reading →

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Development of the Adolescent Brain and Social Cognition

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

Adolescence is a time of considerable development at the level of behavior, cognition and the brain. This article reviews histological and brain imaging studies that have demonstrated specific changes in neural architecture during puberty and adolescence, outlining trajectories of grey … Continue reading →

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The Social Brain in Adolescence

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

Social cognition is the collection of cognitive processes required to understand and interact with others. The term ‘social brain’ refers to the network of brain regions that underlies these processes. Recent evidence suggests that a number of social cognitive functions … Continue reading →

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Collective Action and the Collaborative Brain

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Humans are unique both in their cognitive abilities and in the extent of cooperation in large groups of unrelated individuals. How our species evolved high intelligence in spite of various costs of having a large brain is perplexing. Equally puzzling … Continue reading →

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Decision-making and Social Neurocognition during Adolescence

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Adolescents show a tendency to engage in risky activities, such as dangerous driving and unsafe sex. This has led to the suggestion that adolescents are poor decisionmakers, and are risk-seeking in general. The first two chapters of this thesis describe … Continue reading →

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Tackling the Social Cognition Paradox through Multi-scale Approaches

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Recent debates regarding the primacy of social interaction versus individual cognition appear to be caused by the lack of an integrative account of the multiple scales at play. We suggest that reconciling individual autonomy and dyadic interactive viewpoints requires the … Continue reading →

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