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Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2006 1(1):1-2; doi:10.1093/scan/nsl010
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EDITORIAL

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience: When opposites attract

Matthew D. Lieberman, Editor-in-Chief

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It was not long ago that those in the biological and medical sciences would have little reason to break bread with those in the social sciences. Similarly, those of us in the social sciences spent little, if any, time imagining how our work could be enhanced by sitting down with those in the biological and medical sciences. Although we may still have offices separated by floors, buildings, or even whole campuses, our ideas have increasingly become interconnected in a new intellectual enterprise and our research endeavors have become interdisciplinary across lines that once seemed impenetrable. The biological and medical sciences are recognizing that a full accounting of human biology cannot proceed without incorporating the social and emotional factors that modulate the functioning and health of biological systems, and may have played a key role in the evolution of those systems. The social sciences . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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