What is it about?
We argue that there are striking similarities in the was that social neuroscience and sociology have approached the link between the thinking brain and the social world. The concept of self provides a bridge between the two disciplinary approaches. From sociology the concepts of typifications, ideal types, structure and agency and social practice are key and align very well with the way social neuroscience describes predictive processing. We present a unified hypothesis drawing on the two disciplines.
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Why is it important?
There are a range of social issues which a unified social neuroscience/ sociological hypothesis helps to illuminate. Our particular interest is in health inequalities.
Perspectives
It was a great pleasure to work with experts in both disciplines to put together this publication.
Michael Kelly
University of Cambridge
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This page is a summary of: The brain, self and society: a social-neuroscience model of predictive processing, Social Neuroscience, May 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2018.1471003.
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