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Assessing Social Reasoning in Adolescence

August 8, 2017

Assessing Social Reasoning in Adolescence

Every day, we compare ourselves to others, both in person and increasingly online. Am I smarter than my friend? Am I nicer or friendlier? Such judgments require a type of “social reasoning” – first rating yourself and your friends and then making a comparison. Among adolescents, this type of thinking is even more common, with […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: featured Tagged With: adolescence, reasoning, social, teen

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Eye Gaze and Turn Taking in Aphasia Patients

June 23, 2016

Eye Gaze and Turn Taking in Aphasia Patients

In every conversation you have, there is an unspoken code – a set of social rules that guide you. When to stop talking, where to look, when to listen and when to talk… While scientists have long understood this turn-taking behavior, less known has been what affects this ability in patients with aphasia, a disorder […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: featured Tagged With: aphasia, eye gaze, language, social

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Conformity Can Be Good for Your Eating Habits

February 27, 2015

Conformity Can Be Good for Your Eating Habits

Cookie or apple? Many of us would choose the cookie if we were by ourselves. But what about around others? If you have ever been at, say, a conference where you see many of your peers choosing an apple, you might choose one as well. New research suggests that this behavioral change also happens on […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: decision-making, eating, food, social, social neuroscience

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Running that Red Light? The Complex Drivers of Teenage Risk

August 16, 2014

Running that Red Light? The Complex Drivers of Teenage Risk

You’ve been stuck in traffic forever and are waiting in a long lineup at a red light. The light finally turns green and you start slowly moving, only to find that the light turns yellow as soon as you approach the intersection. Do you go for it and run the yellow (or maybe red!), or […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: decision-making, persuasion, social, social neuroscience, teen

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Social Priorities: We Rapidly Process Communicative Cues

August 1, 2014

Social Priorities: We Rapidly Process Communicative Cues

A smile, a wave, a head nod – seemingly small communicative gestures are of vital importance even for babies. And new research finds that the brain processes these social cues faster than previously thought, as quickly as 70 milliseconds. The finding gives insight into the brain’s priorities that may further understanding of both typical and […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: face, perception, social, social neuroscience, visual

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Why It’s So Tough for People in Power to Truly Feel Your Pain

July 28, 2014

Why It’s So Tough for People in Power to Truly Feel Your Pain

I feel your pain. These words are famously associated with Bill Clinton, who as a politician seemed to ooze empathy. A skeptic might wonder, though, whether such a powerful figure really was personally distressed by the suffering of average Americans. Can people in high positions of power — be they presidents, bosses, celebrities and so […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: empathy, mirror neuron, power, social

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Copy That: When We’re More Likely to Imitate People Than Robots

May 14, 2014

Copy That: When We’re More Likely to Imitate People Than Robots

When we are around different people, our behavior changes. Some of it is intentional – like talking about things you have in common – but much of it happens spontaneously without us even realizing it, such as folding your arms or scratching your nose when others do the same. But what about around robotic or […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: perception, robot, social

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Changing Children’s Cognitive Abilities Through Targeted Interventions

April 7, 2014

Changing Children’s Cognitive Abilities Through Targeted Interventions

CNS 2014 Blog Our cognitive fates are not sealed – that was a powerful message that came out yesterday from a session on developmental cognitive neuroscience at the CNS meeting in Boston. In four talks, speakers laid out new ways neuroscience findings can help children learn, even if they are experiencing challenges because of a […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: children, education, intervention, learning, martha farah, social

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The Social Circuits that Track How We Like People and Ideas

April 7, 2014

The Social Circuits that Track How We Like People and Ideas

CNS 2014 Press Release Boston – April 7, 2014 – Whether at the office, dorm, PTA meeting, or any other social setting, we all know intuitively who the popular people are – who is most liked – even if we can’t always put our finger on why. That information is often critical to professional or […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: persuasion, reward, social

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Our Visual World is Not Fact: Our Highly Flexible View of Race, Gender, Emotion, and More

March 19, 2014

Our Visual World is Not Fact:  Our Highly Flexible View of Race, Gender, Emotion, and More

CNS 2014 Blog Part 2 of 2 about the role of social context in how we see people We all know that long-held cultural stereotypes influence how we evaluate and interact with others. But what about how we actually – visually – see people? New research, for the first time, shows that stereotypes change how […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: emotion, face, perception, race, social, social neuroscience, stereotype, visual

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