Adolphs R
The University of Iowa, Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2001 Apr;11(2):231-9. doi: 10.1016/s0959-4388(00)00202-6.
Recent studies have begun to elucidate the roles played in social cognition by specific neural structures, genes, and neurotransmitter systems. Cortical regions in the temporal lobe participate in perceiving socially relevant stimuli, whereas the amygdala, right somatosensory cortices, orbitofrontal cortices, and cingulate cortices all participate in linking perception of such stimuli to motivation, emotion, and cognition. Open questions remain about the domain-specificity of social cognition, about its overlap with emotion and with communication, and about the methods best suited for its investigation.
最近的研究已开始阐明特定神经结构、基因和神经递质系统在社会认知中所起的作用。颞叶的皮质区域参与感知与社会相关的刺激，而杏仁核、右侧躯体感觉皮质、眶额皮质和扣带皮质均参与将此类刺激的感知与动机、情感和认知联系起来。关于社会认知的领域特异性、其与情感和沟通的重叠以及最适合其研究的方法，仍存在一些悬而未决的问题。
