@article {227,
	title = {The social brain: neural basis of social knowledge.},
	journal = {Annu Rev Psychol},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009},
	pages = {693-716},
	abstract = {<p>Social cognition in humans is distinguished by psychological processes that allow us to make inferences about what is going on inside other people-their intentions, feelings, and thoughts. Some of these processes likely account for aspects of human social behavior that are unique, such as our culture and civilization. Most schemes divide social information processing into those processes that are relatively automatic and driven by the stimuli, versus those that are more deliberative and controlled, and sensitive to context and strategy. These distinctions are reflected in the neural structures that underlie social cognition, where there is a recent wealth of data primarily from functional neuroimaging. Here I provide a broad survey of the key abilities, processes, and ways in which to relate these to data from cognitive neuroscience.</p>
},
	keywords = {Amygdala, Animals, Biological Evolution, Brain, Brain Mapping, Empathy, Facial Expression, Humans, Nerve Net, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Personal Construct Theory, Prefrontal Cortex, Self Concept, Social Behavior},
	issn = {0066-4308},
	doi = {10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163514},
	author = {Adolphs, Ralph}
}
@article {228,
	title = {Role of the amygdala in processing visual social stimuli.},
	journal = {Prog Brain Res},
	volume = {156},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006},
	pages = {363-78},
	abstract = {<p>We review the evidence implicating the amygdala as a critical component of a neural network of social cognition, drawing especially on research involving the processing of faces and other visual social stimuli. We argue that, although it is clear that social behavioral representations are not stored in the amygdala, the most parsimonious interpretation of the data is that the amygdala plays a role in guiding social behaviors on the basis of socioenvironmental context. Thus, it appears to be required for normal social cognition. We propose that the amygdala plays this role by attentionally modulating several areas of visual and somatosensory cortex that have been implicated in social cognition, and in helping to direct overt visuospatial attention in face gaze. We also hypothesize that the amygdala exerts attentional modulation of simulation in somatosensory cortices such as supramarginal gyrus and insula. Finally, we argue that the term emotion be broadened to include increased attention to bodily responses and their representation in cortex.</p>
},
	keywords = {Amygdala, Animals, Attention, Expressed Emotion, Facial Expression, Humans, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Social Behavior},
	issn = {0079-6123},
	doi = {10.1016/S0079-6123(06)56020-0},
	author = {Adolphs, Ralph and Spezio, Michael}
}
