From Dna to Social Cognition

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Decision-making is an integral part of our daily lives. Researchers seek a complete understanding of the decision-making process, including the biological and social basis and the impact of our decisions. From DNA to Social Cognition fills a gap in the literature that brings together the methods, perspectives, and knowledge of the geneticists, neuroscientists, economists, and psychologists that are integral to this field of research. The editors’ unique expertise ensures an integrated and complete compilation of materials that will prove useful to researchers and scientists interested in social cognition and decision-making.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Contributors vii
• Introduction 1
• Richard P. Ebstein, Mikhail Monakhov, Poh San Lai, and Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory

1. EMPATHY: NEURAL BASES AND GENETIC CORRELATES 19
1. Genes Related to Autistic Traits and Empathy 21
   Bhismadev Chakrabarti and Simon Baron-Cohen
2. The Behavioral Genetics of Human Pair Bonding 37
   Hasse Walum and Lars Westberg
3. Brain Networks Supporting Empathy 47
   Martin Schulte-Rüther and Ellen Greimel
4. The Human Mirror Neuron System and Social Cognition 63
   Sook-Lei Liew and Lisa Aziz-Zadeh
5. Motivational Aspects of Future Thinking in the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex 81
   Arnaud D'Argembeau
2. MORAL NEUROSCIENCE AND EMOTION 91
1. Contributions of the Prefrontal Cortex to Social Cognition and Moral Judgment Processes 93
   Chad E. Forbes, Joshua C. Poore, and Jordan Grafman
2. Emotion and Moral Cognition 111
   Michael Koenigs
3. The Neuroanatomical Basis of Moral Cognition and Emotion 123
   Roland Zahn, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, and Jorge Moll
4. Envy and Schadenfreude: The Neural Correlates of Competitive Emotions 139
   Jonathan Dvash and Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory
3. GENES AND DECISION MAKING 157
1. The Somatic Marker Framework and the Neurological Basis of Decision Making 159
   Antoine Bechara
2. A Model of the Initial Stages of Drug Abuse: From Reinforcement Learning to Social Contagion 185
   Gilly Koritzky, Adi Luria, and Eldad Yechiam
3. Extrinsic Effects and Models of Dominance Hierarchy Formation 203
   Matthew Druen and Lee Alan Dugatkin
4. Complex Social Cognition and the Appreciation of Social Norms in Psychiatric Disorders: Insights from Evolutionary Game Theory 215
   Martin Brüne and Julia Wischniewski
5. From Neuroeconomics to Genetics: The Intertemporal Choices Case as an Example 233
   Itzhak Aharon and Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde

• Index 245