Books in the Special Issues of Social Neuroscience series

Investigations of the neural basis of theory of mind is the ability to think about other people's thoughts. This book contains articles which use a range of techniques (including fMRI, EEG, TMS, and psychophisiology) and subject populations to address fundamental questions about the cognitive and neural structure of theory of mind.

Mirror neurons are premotor neurons, discovered in the macaque brain, that discharge both during execution of goal-directed actions and during the observation of similar actions executed by another individual. This work covers some of the most representative works on the mirror-neuron system to give a view on research and to stimulate experiments.

In this unique and ground-breaking volume, investigators evaluate neuropsychiatric disorders in the context of social behaviour. This book was originally published as a special issue of Social Neuroscience.

The articles in this special issue use a wide range of techniques and subject populations to address fundamental questions about the cognitive and neural structure of theory of mind.