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Second-person social neuroscience: Connections to past and future theories, methods, and findings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2013

Nicolas Vermeulen
Affiliation:
Psychological Sciences Research Institute (IPSY), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. [email protected]://uclouvain.academia.edu/[email protected]://www.ecsa.ucl.ac.be/pleyers National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS), B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Gordy Pleyers
Affiliation:
Psychological Sciences Research Institute (IPSY), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. [email protected]://uclouvain.academia.edu/[email protected]://www.ecsa.ucl.ac.be/pleyers
Martial Mermillod
Affiliation:
UniversitéGrenoble Alpes, LPNC, F-38040, Grenoble & CNRS, LPNC UMR 5105, F-38040 Grenoble, France. [email protected]://webu2.upmf-grenoble.fr/lpnc/membre_martial_mermillod Institut Universitaire de France, 75005 Paris, France

Abstract

We argue that Schilbach et al. have neglected an important part of the social neuroscience literature involving participants in social interactions. We also clarify some part of the models the authors discussed superficially. We finally propose that social neuroscience should take into consideration the effect of being observed and the complexity of the task as potentially influencing factors.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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