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Methods in Social Neuroscience
Eddie Harmon-Jones (Ed.)
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Description for Methods in Social Neuroscience
Hardcover. Offers guidance for using neurobiological methods in the study of human social behavior, personality, and affect. This book provides various chapters that cover neuroimaging techniques, genetic measurement, hormonal methods, lesion studies, facial electromyography, autonomic nervous system responses, and modeling based on neural networks. Editor(s): Harmon-Jones, Eddie; Beer, Jennifer S. Num Pages: 353 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JMB; JMM; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Straightforward and practical, this is the first book to provide detailed guidance for using neurobiological methods in the study of human social behavior, personality, and affect. Each chapter clearly introduces the method at hand, provides examples of the method's applications, discusses its strengths and limitations, and reviews concrete experimental design considerations. Written by acknowledged experts, chapters cover neuroimaging techniques, genetic measurement, hormonal methods, lesion studies, startle eyeblink responses, facial electromyography, autonomic nervous system responses, and modeling based on neural networks.
Straightforward and practical, this is the first book to provide detailed guidance for using neurobiological methods in the study of human social behavior, personality, and affect. Each chapter clearly introduces the method at hand, provides examples of the method's applications, discusses its strengths and limitations, and reviews concrete experimental design considerations. Written by acknowledged experts, chapters cover neuroimaging techniques, genetic measurement, hormonal methods, lesion studies, startle eyeblink responses, facial electromyography, autonomic nervous system responses, and modeling based on neural networks.
Product Details
Publisher
Guilford Publications United States
Number of pages
353
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
644 g
Number of Pages
353
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781606230404
SKU
V9781606230404
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Ref
99-15
About Eddie Harmon-Jones (Ed.)
Eddie Harmon-Jones, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research focuses on emotions and motivations, their implications for social and cognitive processes and behaviors, and their underlying neural circuits. He is a recipient of the Award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Dr. Harmon-Jones has ... Read more
Reviews for Methods in Social Neuroscience
This is the first book to extensively review the ways by which we can measure the brain and the body to understand the person and social behavior. From the blink of an eye to a spontaneous smile, from salivary secretions to sweaty palms, from imaging the genome to measuring connectionist networks, this book captures it all. Methods in Social Neuroscience ... Read more