TY - JOUR

T1 - Understanding self and others

T2 - from origins to disorders

AU - Catmur, Caroline

AU - Cross, E.S.

AU - Over, Harriet

PY - 2016/1/19

Y1 - 2016/1/19

N2 - In order to interpret and engage with the social world, individuals must understand how they relate to others. Self-other understanding forms the backbone of social cognition and is a central concept explored by research into basic processes such as action perception and empathy, as well as research on more sophisticated social behaviours such as cooperation and intergroup interaction. This theme issue integrates the latest research into self-other understanding from evolutionary biology, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience and psychiatry. By gathering perspectives from a diverse range of disciplines, the contributions showcase ways in which research in these areas both informs and is informed by approaches spanning the biological and social sciences, thus deepening our understanding of how we relate to others in a social world.

AB - In order to interpret and engage with the social world, individuals must understand how they relate to others. Self-other understanding forms the backbone of social cognition and is a central concept explored by research into basic processes such as action perception and empathy, as well as research on more sophisticated social behaviours such as cooperation and intergroup interaction. This theme issue integrates the latest research into self-other understanding from evolutionary biology, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience and psychiatry. By gathering perspectives from a diverse range of disciplines, the contributions showcase ways in which research in these areas both informs and is informed by approaches spanning the biological and social sciences, thus deepening our understanding of how we relate to others in a social world.

U2 - 10.1098/rstb.2015.0066

DO - 10.1098/rstb.2015.0066

M3 - Article

VL - 371

SP - 1

EP - 5

JO - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences

JF - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences

SN - 0962-8436

IS - 1686

ER -