From DNA to Social Cognition

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.

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Dr. Richard Ebstein (Editor) is one of the leaders in the field of personality genetics and human behavioral genetics. He is Professor and head of the Scheinfeld Center at the Hebrew University. He has published widely and his work was recently highlighted in a Science magazine issue devoted to behavioral genetics [Holden C (2008) Parsing the genetics of behavior. Science 322(5903):892-895]. Dr. Soo Hong Chew (Editor) is a leading economist and has made important contributions to economic theory. He is Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Chew will provide the expertise on game theory and its application to behavioral economics and neuroeconomics. Dr. Simone Shamay-Tsoory (Editor) has expertise in the neural correlates of emotions and social cognition, particularly empathy and "theory of mind".

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The single authoritative source on social cognition and decision-making

Decision-making is an integral part of our daily lives. Researchers seek a complete understanding of the decision-making process, including its 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.

Drawing upon their unique expertise, the editors have compiled the first resource on the topic with a strong emphasis on genetics and that comprehensively relates neurogenetics, social cognition, neuroeconomics, and psychopathology. They provide introductory material to establish links between sections and chapters. The contributions highlight the ever-increasing complexity of social cognition and decision-making; as such, a variety of important topics are covered, including: DNA and neural correlates of emotion; studies at the cellular level in relation to reward learning and prediction error; imaging studies aimed at elucidating brain areas involved in decision-making and social interactions; pharmacology; applications to understanding psychopathologies such as compulsive gambling, addictions, eating disorders, and autism; and game theory approaches to understanding decision-making and social behavior.

From DNA to Social Cognition is a valuable resource for research scientists, graduate students, and post-docs in the fields of genetics, psychology, neurosciences, economics, psychiatry, and psychopharmacology.

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Contributors vii

Introduction 1

Richard P. Ebstein, Mikhail Monakhov, Poh San Lai, and
Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory

PART 1 EMPATHY: NEURAL BASES AND GENETIC CORRELATES
19

1.1 Genes Related to Autistic Traits and Empathy 21

Bhismadev Chakrabarti and Simon Baron-Cohen

1.2 The Behavioral Genetics of Human Pair Bonding 37

Hasse Walum and Lars Westberg

1.3 Brain Networks Supporting Empathy 47

Martin Schulte-Rüther and Ellen Greimel

1.4 The Human Mirror Neuron System and Social Cognition 63

Sook-Lei Liew and Lisa Aziz-Zadeh

1.5 Motivational Aspects of Future Thinking in the Ventromedial
Prefrontal Cortex 81

Arnaud D'Argembeau

PART 2 MORAL NEUROSCIENCE AND EMOTION 91

2.1 Contributions of the Prefrontal Cortex to Social Cognition
and Moral Judgment Processes 93

Chad E. Forbes, Joshua C. Poore, and Jordan Grafman

2.2 Emotion and Moral Cognition 111

Michael Koenigs

2.3 The Neuroanatomical Basis of Moral Cognition and Emotion
123

Roland Zahn, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, and Jorge Moll

2.4 Envy and Schadenfreude: The Neural Correlates of Competitive
Emotions 139

Jonathan Dvash and Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory

PART 3 Genes and Decision Making 157

3.1 The Somatic Marker Framework and the Neurological Basis of
Decision Making 159

Antoine Bechara

3.2 A Model of the Initial Stages of Drug Abuse: From
Reinforcement Learning to Social Contagion 185

Gilly Koritzky, Adi Luria, and Eldad Yechiam

3.3 Extrinsic Effects and Models of Dominance Hierarchy
Formation 203

Matthew Druen and Lee Alan Dugatkin

3.4 Complex Social Cognition and the Appreciation of Social
Norms in Psychiatric Disorders: Insights from Evolutionary Game
Theory 215

Martin Brüne and Julia Wischniewski

3.5 From Neuroeconomics to Genetics: The Intertemporal Choices
Case as an Example 233

Itzhak Aharon and Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde

Index 245