The neuroscience of social feelings: mechanisms of adaptive social functioning.

ABSTRACT: Social feelings have conceptual and empirical connections with affect and emotion. In this review, we discuss how they relate to cognition, emotion, behavior and well-being. We examine the functional neuroanatomy and neurobiology of social feelings and their role in adaptive social functioning. Existing neuroscience literature is reviewed to identify concepts, methods and challenges that might be addressed by social feelings research. Specific topic areas highlight the influence and modulation of social feelings on interpersonal affiliation, parent-child attachments, moral sentiments, interpersonal stressors, and emotional communication. Brain regions involved in social feelings were confirmed by meta-analysis using the Neurosynth platform for large-scale, automated synthesis of functional

SUBMITTER: Eslinger PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8388127 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature