This episode gives an overview of how social networks - the web of people we relate to directly and indirectly - are represented in the brain. It also explores our unique positions within our own social network and what that may mean for our brains.
Sources of content and inspiration
"Neurobiological Bases of Social Networks" by Han et al. (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.626337
"How the Brain Encodes Social Network Structure" by Society for Neuroscience at https://neurosciencenews.com/spatial-processing-social-encoding-18284/
"The neural representation of social networks" by Weaverdyck and Parkinson (2018) published in Current Opinion in Psychology https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29886253/
Credits
Cover art by Abby Armato
Intro and outro music "In My Dreams" by Freebeats.io
This episode gives an overview of how social networks - the web of people we relate to directly and indirectly - are represented in the brain. It also explores our unique positions within our own social network and what that may mean for our brains.
Sources of content and inspiration
"Neurobiological Bases of Social Networks" by Han et al. (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.626337
"How the Brain Encodes Social Network Structure" by Society for Neuroscience at https://neurosciencenews.com/spatial-processing-social-encoding-18284/
"The neural representation of social networks" by Weaverdyck and Parkinson (2018) published in Current Opinion in Psychology https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29886253/
Credits
Cover art by Abby Armato
Intro and outro music "In My Dreams" by Freebeats.io