Main description:

* Part of the new Essays in Social Neuroscience series which features cutting-edge research in this growing field * Includes chapters from leading international contributors using social neuroscientific methods to provide a global view of intergroup relations * Ideal for students and researchers examining intergroup relations from a social neuroscientific perspective, or who are using social neuroscience methods for the first time

Contents:

Introduction

Pascal Molenberghs

The Neural Underpinnings of Intergroup Bias
David M. Amodio and Jeffrey J. Berg

The Role of Group Membership in Modulating the Neural Correlates of Empathy
Robert Eres

The Neuroscience of Intergroup Competition and Violence
Dorottya Lantos

The Neuroscience Behind Ideological Bias and Extremist Behavior
Tiago Bortolini and Ronald Fischer

How Group Membership Affects Neural Responses to Faces
Tiffany A. Ito

Gene by Environment Interactions in Intergroup Relations
Hugh McGovern and Eric J. Vanman

Ingroup Bias in Empathy and its Relationship with Social Behavior: A Sociocultural Neuroscience Perspective
Shihui Han

The Neuroscience of Prosocial Behavior Towards In- and Outgroup Members

Yuqing Zhou and Grit Hein