PSYC 213 Chapter : ADOLPHS ARTICLE.docx
21 Apr 2012
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Social cognition- processes that subserve behavior in response to conspecifics (other individuals of the same species) esp those higher cognitive processes subserving the extremely diverse and flexible social behaviors that are seen in primates. Groups can provide better security from predators, better mate choice and more reliable food 2. Mates and food are available also to competitors from within the group. Mechanisms for cooperativity, altruism, and other aspects of prosocial behavior and also coercion, deception and manipulation of conspecifics (dominance hierarchies) Specific neural systems that subserve various aspects of social cognition: amygdala, temporal cortex, anterior cingulated cortex, and orbitofrontal cortex. An overview of neurobiology of social cognition in primates. Non-human primates: macroscopic and microscopic findings first suggested that primate brain may contain neural systems specialized for processing socially relevant info, 1930s- kluver and bucy- made bilateral lesions in amygdale, temporal neocortex etc.
