Toward an Unobtrusive Measure of Emotion During Interaction: Thermal Imaging...
Purpose – This paper proposes a new procedure for measuring affective responses during social interaction using facial thermographic imaging.Methodology – We first describe the results of several small...
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Purpose – The aim of this research was to test whether the motivations of self-enhancement and self-verification act independently and simultaneously, specifically in the context of the impostor...
View ArticleMorally Bonded and Bounded: A Sociological Introduction to Neurology
Purpose – Due to an absence of dialogue between sociology and the neurosciences, the scientific study of morality largely ignores cultural and structural influences. This chapter offers a synthetic...
View ArticleDifferential Susceptibility to Context: A Promising Model of the Interplay of...
Purpose – The goal of this chapter is to demonstrate the importance of incorporating gene by environment (G×E) interactions into behavioral science theory and research.Design/methodology/approach – We...
View ArticleBiosocial Interaction Rituals of Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Research Agenda...
Purpose – The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate how biosociologists can further the understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorders by combining neurology's knowledge of the brain with social...
View ArticleCritique and Refinement of the Neurosociology of Mirror Neurons
Purpose – The purpose of this chapter is to be as comprehensive as possible about what is known about mirror neurons at this time.Design/methodology/approach – This chapter offers a comprehensive...
View ArticleSacrifice, Gratitude, and Obligation: Serial Reciprocity in Early Christianity
Purpose – Uses Kenneth Boulding's concept of “serial reciprocity” in conjunction with information about the evolution of emotions and social exchange processes to identify possible mechanisms that can...
View ArticleThe Biology and Neurology of Group Processes
Purpose – The purpose of this chapter is to bring data to suggest that group processes have a biological base, lodged in human neurology as it evolved over the last 7 million...
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