Accumulating evidence suggests that many classes of DNA repeats exhibit attributes that
distinguish them from other genetic variants, including the fact that they are more liable to …

The rapid development of social media and social networking sites in human society within
the past decade has brought about an increased focus on the value of social relationships …

The recent years have witnessed a dramatic increase in the use of reinforcement learning
(RL) models in social, cognitive and affective neuroscience. This approach, in combination …

Social play behavior is a highly rewarding form of social interaction displayed by young
mammals. Social play is important for neurobehavioral development and it has been found …

Building on the legacy of the groundbreaking first edition, the Editors of this unique volume
have selected more than 100 leading emotion researchers from around the world and asked …

Influential neurocomputational models emphasize dopamine (DA) as an
electrophysiological and neurochemical correlate of reinforcement learning. However …

Short tandem repeat (STR) variation has been proposed as a major explanatory factor in the
heritability of complex traits in humans and model organisms. However, we still struggle to …

The ability to learn about other people is crucial for human social functioning. Dopamine has
been proposed to regulate the precision of beliefs, but direct behavioural evidence of this is …

Egalitarian motives form a powerful force in promoting prosocial behavior and enabling
large-scale cooperation in the human species [1]. At the neural level, there is substantial …

Social interaction is a complex behavior that is essential for the survival of many species,
and it is impaired in a broad range of neuropsychiatric disorders. Several cortical and …