Kedia, G;
Harris, LT;
Lelieveld, G-J;
Van Dillen, L;
(2017)
From the brain to the field: The applications of social neuroscience to economics, health, and law.
Brain Sciences
, 7
(8)
, Article 94. 10.3390/brainsci7080094.
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Abstract
Social neuroscience aims to understand the biological systems that underlie people’s thoughts, feelings and actions in light of the social context in which they operate. Over the past few decades, social neuroscience has captured the interest of scholars, practitioners, and experts in other disciplines, as well as the general public who more and more draw upon the insights and methods of social neuroscience to explain, predict and change behavior. With the popularity of the field growing, it has become increasingly important to consider the validity of social neuroscience findings as well as what questions it can and cannot address. In the present review article, we examine the contribution of social neuroscience to economics, health, and law, three domains with clear societal relevance. We address the concerns that the extrapolation of neuroscientific results to applied social issues raises within each of these domains, and we suggest guidelines and good practices to circumvent these concerns.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | From the brain to the field: The applications of social neuroscience to economics, health, and law |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/brainsci7080094 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci7080094 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0). |
| Keywords: | Social neuroscience; applications; health; law; neuroeconomics; reverse inference; reward; social exclusion; morality |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Experimental Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1569322 |
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