Abstract

HAASE, Vitor Geraldi; PINHEIRO-CHAGAS, Pedro  and  ARANTES, Érica Alves. An invitation to social cognitive neuroscience. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. [online]. 2009, vol.2, n.1, pp. 42-49. ISSN 1983-8220.

The paper presents a new interdisciplinary research field, called social cognitive neuroscience (SCN). Assumptions, methods and possible contributions to the scientific understanding of behavior are presented. Recent empirical results of SCN are analyzed, which will allow a reflection about the interaction between nature and nurture in the development of human behavior.

Keywords : Social cognitive neuroscience; Evolutionary psychology; Human development.

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