SOCIAL COGNITION AND LOVE (understandings from a neuroscience perspective)

social cognition (Frith and Frith, 2007)

What is it?

is the sum of those processes that allow individuals of the same species to communicate with each other (Frith and Frith, 2007)

what is it for?

create a shared world in which human beings can interact (Frith and Frith, 2007)

brain areas involved

The mirror system, areas of touch and pain, are activated when pain is observed

What does it depend on?

of the exchange of signals

language

body posture

the facial expression

types of signals

automatic processing

is characterized by that neither the sender nor the receiver are aware of the exchange of signals

Bayliss and Tiperr (as cited By Frith and Frith, 2007)

the direction of the gaze of another person attracts the attention of the object patra who sees it (Bayliss and Tiperr, as cited By Frith and Frith, 2007)

deliberate processing

This is characterized because we are aware that signals are signals that are impregnated with meanings (Frith and Frith, 2007).

these allow

assess the trust that other people generate

For example, research carried out by

Singer and his colleges (As cited by Frith and Frith, 2007)

who studied trust through the game

prejudices are created through automatic evaluations of people or attractions

perceive the intentions of others

parts of the brain involved

human attachment overcomes social distance by deactivating the reddes used for critical social evaluation (Zeiki, 2007)

LOVE (Zeiki, 2007)

has a biological function of importance for the evolution of the species (Zeiki, 2007)

is studied in neuroscience from the techniques of brain imaging

which allows neurobiologists to know about the neural bases of love

there are two types of love

romantic love

is triggered by visual input (Zeiki, 2007)

brain areas that are activated

Emotional brain

cerebral cortex

hippocampus

subcortical stations

interior insula

anterior cingulate

financial state
charm
the intellect
the voice
of the suitor

creates feelings of euphoria as it increases

neuro modulators involved

Dopamine

Oxytocin

Vasopresiin

maternal love

is triggered by the desire to protect mothers towards their children (Zeiki, 2007)

At the brain level, specific areas such as

reading facial gestures

in order to guarantee the reading of facial expressions to ensure the well-being of the young (zeiki, 2007)

Involved areas

that modify the evaluation of the judgment of mothers towards their children

striated body and a cortical deactivation of the frontal cortex

Realiced By Diana Paola Perez

References

Zeiki, S. (2007). The neurobiology of love. FEBS letters, 581, 2575-2579.
Frith, C., & Frith, U. (2007). Social Cognition in Humans Current Biology 17,pg, 724–732. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.068.