{"product_id":"9783668353190","title":"Studying brain structure and function. A way to gain better understanding of social interaction?","description":"Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Medicine - Neurology, Psychiatry, Addiction, grade: First Class honors, Trinity College Dublin (Department of Psychology), course: Social Neuroscience, language: English, abstract: Are we gaining a better understanding of social interaction through studying brain structure and function? In the following text the this question will be carefully enlightened from different perspectives. \u003cp\u003eAfter a definition of the research area of social neuroscience, its most prominent method, the functional magnetic resonance imaging-method (fMRI) will be discussed. Subsequently, problems and stumbling blocks in neuroscientific argumentation will be addressed by analyzing two studies using the fMRI method. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will be outlined, why the overoptimistic evaluation of the explanatory potential of neuroscientific results and the relating arrogant attitude of some researchers, feeds the critics. In the next step, a selection of important findings of the last 16 years will be used to prove the importance of social neuroscience for a better understanding of social interaction. This will include examining the structures of the 'social brain'. Eventually, there will be enough evidence collected to come to a profound evaluation of the claim in the title.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bod Third Party Titles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037230219504,"sku":"9783668353190","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783668353190_p0.jpg?v=1763728478","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783668353190","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}