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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458966003321

Titolo

Grounding sociality : neurons, mind, and culture / / edited by Gun R. Semin & Gerald Echterhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Psychology Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-90650-9

1-283-03718-1

9786613037183

0-203-84255-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EchterhoffGerald

SeminG. R

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Social interaction - Psychological aspects

Cognition and culture

Evolutionary psychology

Cognitive neuroscience

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Foundations of sociality -- section 2. Sociality and memory -- section 3. Sociality : underlying motives, dialogical practice, and culture -- section 4. Evolutionary perspectives on sociality.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume concerns the longstanding intellectual puzzle of how individuals overcome their biological, neural, and mental finitude to achieve sociality. It explores how humans take each other into account, coordinate their actions, and are able to share their inner states and to communicate.Sophisticated views on the bases of sociality are detailed at the level of neural mechanisms, perception and memory, motivation, communication and dialog, culture, and evolution. These insights have been inspired by major strides and exciting new developments in disciplines as far afield as ethol