title: What does the interactive brain hypothesis mean for social neuroscience? A dialogue.
abstract: A recent framework inspired by phenomenological philosophy, dynamical systems theory, embodied cognition and robotics has proposed the interactive brain hypothesis (IBH). Whereas mainstream social neuroscience views social cognition as arising solely from events in the brain, the IBH argues that social cognition requires, in addition, causal relations between the brain and the social environment. We discuss, in turn, the foundational claims for the IBH in its strongest form; classical views of cognition that can be raised against the IBH; a defence of the IBH in the light of these arguments; and a response to this. Our goal is to initiate a dialogue between cognitive neuroscience and enactive views of social cognition. We conclude by suggesting some new directions and emphases that social neuroscience might take.
authors.affiliation: Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, IAS-Research Centre for Life, Mind, and Society, University of the Basque Country, Av. De Tolosa 70, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain Department of Informatics, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, and Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK h.de.jaegher@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7273-6410
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Jaegher
authors.affiliation: Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, IAS-Research Centre for Life, Mind, and Society, University of the Basque Country, Av. De Tolosa 70, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain Department of Informatics, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, and Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Ezequiel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Di Paolo
authors.affiliation: Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adolphs
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D019336:Cognitive Science; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000379:methods*; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: causality; interactive brain hypothesis; participatory sense-making; social cognition; social interaction; social neuroscience