Social Neuroscience: People Thinking about Thinking People

Social Neuroscience: People Thinking about Thinking People
ISBN-10
0262033356
ISBN-13
9780262033350
Series
Social Neuroscience
Category
Medical
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
MIT Press
Authors
John T. Cacioppo, Penny S. Visser, Cynthia L. Pickett

Description

Studies in the neurobiological underpinnings of social information processing by psychologists, neurobiologists, psychiatrists, radiologists, and neurologists, using methods that range from brain imaging techniques to comparative analyses.

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