What Makes Us Social?

Abstract

"The book explores the underlying processes-neural, psychological, and cultural-that make us social"-- Provided by publisher. 1. What Is Social Cognition? -- I Cooperation—Benefits of Being with Others -- 2. Learning from Others -- 3. Mirrors in the Brain --4. Sharing Emotions -- 5. The We-Mode -- 6. Joint Action --II Competition—Difficulties of Being with Others -- 7. Predicting Behavior -- 8. Us and Them -- 9. Reputation and Trust -- 10. Mentalizing: The Competitive Heart of Social Cognition -- 11. The Dark Side -- III Computation—A Hierarchical System of Prediction and Action -- 12. Modeling the Social World: The Computational Approach -- IV Culture—Sharing Experiences with Others and Modeling the Modelers -- 13. Signals from the Deep -- 14. Consciousness and Control -- 15. Making Decisions in Groups -- 16. Communicating and Sharing Meaning -- 17. The Power of Teaching -- 18. Culture and the Brain -- 19. Getting Along Together -- Epilogue -- 20. Facing a Pandemic Can Bring Out the Good in Us