Neurosociology is the study of the social nature of the brain and human connection. Its premise is that it takes a plurality of brains to make one functioning brain. An example of the subject matter of neurosociology would be the new discovery of mirror neurons. Not only do humans passively watch what others do (including the expression of emotions) but the motor cortex actually simulates what is watched. So, watching involves actually doing the thing watched. This is part of the reason why strong emotions are contagious, and why humans can have strong physiological reactions to events viewed from afar. For example, autistic children have to operate without adequate mirror neurons, and are simply not that interested in the inner subjective experiences and intentions of other people. This was recently described in Scientific American, and also Time Magazine. Mirror neurons give the impetus for empathy, but obviously they are not the whole story given the range of human behaviour.
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