Abstract
AbstractA contemporary mystery for both social neuroscientists and social cognitive neuroscientists has been to distill the core mechanisms in the human brain that facilitate complex social behavior. The purpose of this chapter is to examine this mystery from a cultural neuroscience perspective. Opening with a description of the social brain hypothesis, the chapter first describes research on the neurobiological basis of human social behavior, as well as an account of the culture–gene coevolutionary theory. In the next section, the chapter examines the theory and methods used by cultural neuroscientists to investigate the development of the social brain over the course of culture–gene coevolution. This section reviews recent evidence for cultural influences on social cognitive brain function across a range of domains from self-knowledge and interpersonal perception to empathy and theory of mind. Finally, the chapter ends with questions open to future research endeavors using cultural neuroscience methods to examine social cognition.KeywordsCulture-gene coevolutionCultural neuroscienceSocial cognition
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