GSU Social Neuroscience
 
 
 
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"To understand in a satisfactory manner the brain that fabricates human mind and human behavior, it is necessary to take into account its social and cultural context. And that makes the endeavor truly daunting." (Antonio Damasio, Descartes' Error, 1994, p. 260)
Our Lab
The Social Neuroscience Laboratory at Georgia State University focuses on the reciprocal influences of the body and mind in the context of human social behavior. With this aim, lab members study emotional, cognitive, social, and physiological processes using a variety of methods. At present, the laboratory is capable of recording several autonomic measures (e.g., electrocardiography, skin conductance, respiration) as well as facial muscle movements (i.e., facial electromyography) while participants perform tasks on a computer, watch a video, or interact with another person. In addition, we are now conducting projects that involve functional neuroimaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs), eye tracking, robotics, immersive virtual environments, and non-human primates.
 
What is social neuroscience?
  1. • Check out the Wikipedia entry!
  2. •Read the introduction to Issue #1 of the new journal, Social Neuroscience.
News & Announcements
  1. •Congratulations to SNL member John Ryan, who successfully defended his Master’s thesis on June 26, 2006.
  2. •Call for submissions for the Neural Systems of Social Behavior conference in Austin, TX, May 11-13, 2007.  Deadline: Dec. 15, 2006.
  3. •The SNL is part of a team of researchers that recently received a GSU research equipment grant to establish an Immersive Virtual Environment laboratory.  We plan to set up this lab by September.
  4. Upcoming Meetings:
  5. •International Society for Research on Emotions, Atlanta, GA, August 6-10, 2006.
  6. •Society for Neuroscience 2006, Atlanta, GA, October 14-18, 2006.
  7. •46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), in Vancouver, Canada, October 25-29, 2006.
  8. • Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in Memphis, TN, January 25-27, 2007.
Social Neuroscience at GSU
Please explore the pages of our site for more information about who we are and what we do.  You can also contact the lab director, Dr. Eric Vanman.