This book includes some of the leading thinkers in the nascent field of mirroring processes and reflects the authors’ attempts to till common ground from a variety of perspectives. Yet, it is a strong belief that framing these issues in terms of the neural basis of social cognition, especially within an evolutionary perspective, can be a very fruitful strategy. Social cognition is a broad discipline that encompasses many issues not yet adequately addressed by neurobiologists. The aim of this book is to bring together social scientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, neuroscientists, neuropsychologists and others to promote a dialogue about the variety of processes involved in social cognition, as well as the relevance of mirroring neural systems to those processes. Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media It has been previously suggested (Gallese, 2004) that mirror neurons are capable of creating an internal simulation of others' actions in order to adopt the others point of view in interpreting the action. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students in social, personality, and developmental, clinical, and health psychology, as well as to sociologists and cultural anthropologists. This work contributes a great deal to the growing positive psychology initiative and to the scientific investigation of positive human emotions. The volume also includes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of research on gratitude. The volume begins with the historical, philosophical, and theoretical foundations of gratitude, then presents the current research perspectives from social, personality, and developmental psychology, as well as from primatology, anthropology, and biology. In an effort to remedy this oversight, this volume brings together prominent scientists from various disciplines to examine what has become known as the most-neglected emotion. Gratitude, like other positive emotions, has inspired many theological and philosophical writings, but it has inspired very little vigorous, empirical research. Social Emotions and Corresponding Twins, Opposites, Converses, Reciprocals, and Mirrors Pride Arrogance Guilt Shame Twin Opposite Converse Reciprocal Mirror opposite Mirror converse Mirror reciprocal Arrogance Guilt Envy Pity 0 .Īuthor: Associate Professor of Psychology and Religious Studies Michael E McCullough, PhD
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