Social signalling as a framework for second-person neuroscience

Cañigueral, Roser; Krishnan-Barman, Sujatha; Hamilton, Antonia F. de C.

doi:10.3758/s13423-022-02103-2

Social signalling as a framework for second-person neuroscience

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doi:10.3758/s13423-022-02103-2...

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Cañigueral, Roser Krishnan-Barman, Sujatha Hamilton, Antonia F. de C.

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Springer

Year

2022

listing date

12/8/2022

Keywords

second-person neuroscience social interaction social signal audience effects second-person understand neuroscience social

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Abstract

Despite the recent increase in second-person neuroscience research, it is still hard to understand which neurocognitive mechanisms underlie real-time social behaviours.

Here, we propose that social signalling can help us understand social interactions both at the single- and two-brain level in terms of social signal exchanges between senders and receivers.

First, we show how subtle manipulations of being watched provide an important tool to dissect meaningful social signals.

We then focus on how social signalling can help us build testable hypotheses for second-person neuroscience with the example of imitation and gaze behaviour.

Finally, we suggest that linking neural activity to specific social signals will be key to fully understand the neurocognitive systems engaged during face-to-face interactions.

Cañigueral, Roser,Krishnan-Barman, Sujatha,Hamilton, Antonia F. de C., 2022, Social signalling as a framework for second-person neuroscience, Springer