title: The social brain meets neuroimaging.
abstract: Recent neuroimaging studies in humans have indicated that individual differences in social network size correlate with amygdala volume and the volume of brain regions associated with theory of mind. A new article demonstrates that this is also true for monkeys. Taken together, these findings provide crucial support for the social brain hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, 64 Banbury Rd, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK. robin.dunbar@anthro.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Robin I M
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Dunbar
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D004644:Emotions; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000523:psychology*; D009929:Organ Size; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D012944:Social Support; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology*