Journal article
EVENT-RELATED BRAIN POTENTIALS AND SOCIAL COGNITION: ON USING PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION TO CONSTRAIN SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES
Social cognition, Vol.28(6), pp.723-747
12/01/2010
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2010.28.6.723
Abstract
Recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in using various psychophysiological methods to study a wide range of social psychological phenomena. This article reviews research in which a particular psychophysiological measure-the event-related brain potential (ERP)-has been used to augment traditional behavioral measures of social cognition, thereby providing more comprehensive assessment of underlying brain processes that give rise to observed behavioral effects. More specifically, the aim of this article is to outline a particular approach to using ERPs in social cognition aimed at using information derived from neurocognitive responses to limit the theoretical mechanisms that can be said to account for overt behaviors. In other words, as with all physiological measures, the ERP technique should be used in social cognition as a tool for understanding the psychological mechanisms driving behavioral outcomes, not as an end unto itself.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- EVENT-RELATED BRAIN POTENTIALS AND SOCIAL COGNITION: ON USING PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION TO CONSTRAIN SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES
- Creators
- Bruce D. Bartholow
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social cognition, Vol.28(6), pp.723-747
- DOI
- 10.1521/soco.2010.28.6.723
- ISSN
- 0278-016X
- eISSN
- 1943-2798
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 25
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984446445902771
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