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      Using second-person neuroscience to elucidate the mechanisms of social interaction

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          Although a large proportion of our lives are spent participating in social interactions, the investigation of the neural mechanisms supporting these interactions has largely been restricted to situations of social observation: that is, situations in which an individual observes a social stimulus without opportunity for interaction. In recent years, efforts have been made to develop a truly social, or ‘second-person’, neuroscientific approach to these investigations in which neural processes are examined within the context of a real-time reciprocal social interaction. These developments have helped to elucidate the behavioral and neural mechanisms of social interactions; however, further theoretical and methodological innovations are still needed. Findings to date suggest that the neural mechanisms supporting social interaction differ from those involved in social observation and highlight a role of the so-called ‘mentalizing network’ as important in this distinction. Taking social interaction seriously may also be particularly important for the advancement of the neuroscientific study of different psychiatric conditions.

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          Journal
          Nature Reviews Neuroscience
          Nat Rev Neurosci
          Springer Science and Business Media LLC
          1471-003X
          1471-0048
          May 28 2019
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          10.1038/s41583-019-0179-4
          659471ab-4d72-4131-a49c-4dd1b3078404
          © 2019

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