Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

The last decade has witnessed unprecedented convergence between the social sciences and the neurosciences resulting in several new areas of study including social cognitive neuroscience, social neuroscience, affective neuroscience, and neuroeconomics. In each of these areas, researchers examine the social and emotional aspects of the human mind by applying the techniques from the neurosciences. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) provides a home for the best human and animal research that uses neuroscience techniques to understand the social and emotional aspects of the human mind and human behavior.

SCAN welcomes research from psychologists, neuroscientists, economists, political scientists, anthropologists, philosophers and other sciences that are using neuroscience techniques to understand social cognition, social behavior, and affective processes.

SCAN in the news!

A study published in SCAN suggests that men and women have evolved to pursue different mating strategies with men being more attentive to cues such as facial beauty

Read the news coverage:
Why men will judge a woman in milliseconds, The Telegraph

Why men just need a millisecond to choose the right girl for them, The Daily Mail

Men make instant decisions on sexual partners, study shows, Metro

Read the full article free: The wandering mind of men: ERP evidence for gender differences in attention bias towards attractive opposite sex faces