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Social Cognition and the Prefrontal Cortex

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Social cognitive neuroscience is a rapidly emerging field that utilizes cognitive neuroscientific techniques (e.g., lesion studies, neuroimaging) to address concepts traditionally in the social psychological realm (e.g., attitudes, stereotypes). The purpose of this article is to review published neuroscientific and neuropsychological research into social cognition. The author focuses on the role of the prefrontal cortex in social behavior and presents a framework that provides cohesion of this research. The article proposes that this framework will be useful in guiding future social cognitive neuroscientific research.

Key Words: social cognition • behavior • prefrontal cortex • knowledge

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