The Social Brain and How It Links Social Intelligence and Well-Being

Sunhae Sul; Isu Cho

doi:10.1017/9781108974325.006

The Social Brain and How It Links Social Intelligence and Well-Being

Sunhae Sul
, Isu Cho

Pusan National University
Brandeis University

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Abstract

Human beings are dependent on each other in acquiring resources, securing safety, and raising offspring. Therefore, cooperation with conspecifics is essential for our survival and reproduction. Our evolutionary history has shaped strong social motivation and highly sophisticated socio-cognitive capacity that supports successful communal living. In this chapter, we review psychological and neuroscientific studies on the basic human motivation for social affiliation and social intelligence in humans. After introducing the belongingness hypothesis and the social intelligence hypothesis, we look into the functions of the social brain to understand how the human brain understands the complex social world and adjusts our behavior within it. Lastly, we briefly review the studies on aging in the social brain and discuss the link between the social brain and well-being.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Society Within the Brain
Subtitle of host publication	How Social Networks Interact with Our Brain, Behavior, and Health as We Age
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	69-104
Number of pages	36
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108974325
ISBN (Print)	9781108838290
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974325.006
State	Published - 1 Jan 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

belongingness hypothesis
social affiliation
social brain network
social cognition
social intelligence
social neuroscience

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