title: Just because you're imaging the brain doesn't mean you can stop using your head: a primer and set of first principles.
abstract: Developments within the neurosciences, cognitive sciences, and social sciences have contributed to the emergence of social neuroscience. Among the most obvious contemporary developments are brain-imaging procedures such as functional magnetic resonance imaging. The authors outline a set of first principles designed to help make sense of brain-imaging research within the fields of cognitive and social neuroscience. They begin with a principle few would debate--that social cognition, emotion, and behavior involve the brain--but whose implications might not be entirely obvious to those new to the field. The authors conclude that (a). complex aspects of the mind and behavior will benefit from yet a broader collaboration of neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, and social scientists, and (b). social psychologists bring important theoretical, methodological, and statistical expertise to this interdisciplinary enterprise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. cacioppo@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cacioppo
authors.forename: Gary G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Berntson
authors.forename: Tyler S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lorig
authors.forename: Catherine J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rickett
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nusbaum
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D003071:Cognition; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012919:Social Behavior