社会神经科学研究进展

社会神经科学是研究人类的社会行为及其神经机制的综合性学科.从1992年学科成立至今,社会神经科学研究取得了丰硕的成果.本文系统介绍了该领域4个主要研究方向:社会知觉、社会认知、社会调节和社会互动的研究成果,并在此基础上总结了各研究方向的核心问题,即社会知觉加工的模块化问题、人类社会认知的独特性问题和社会调节加工的跨文化一致性问题.已有研究表明,社会知觉加工至少在计算算法层面是特异化的;心智化系统是人类独有的加工模块;人类社会调节不具备跨文化的一致性;大脑间耦合可能是社会互动共有的神经机制.最后,展望了社会神经科学未来的发展方向.     

Prospect of Neuroscience in China

This article depicted how a young Chinese scientist got her training in China, how her training had impact on her scientific career in the US, and how she felt the prospect of Neuroscience in China.     

On genetics and criminal behavior

Crime and Human Nature: By J. Q. Wilson and R. J. Herrnstein. Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York, 1985.     

Neuroscience and architecture: seeking common ground

As these paired Commentaries discuss, neuroscientists and architects are just beginning to collaborate, each bringing what they know about their respective fields to the task of improving the environment of research buildings and laboratories.     

Neuroscience of behavioral and pharmacological treatments for addictions

Although substantial advances have been made in behavioral and pharmacological treatments for addictions, moving treatment development to the next stage may require novel ways of approaching addictions, particularly ways based on new findings regarding the neurobiological underpinnings of addictions that also assimilate and incorporate relevant information from earlier approaches. In this review, we first briefly review theoretical and biological models of addiction and then describe existing behavioral and pharmacologic therapies for the addictions within this framework. We then propose new directions for treatment development and targets that are informed by recent evidence regarding the heterogeneity of addictions and the neurobiological contributions to these disorders.     

Neuroscience and the Art of Single Cell Recordings

This article examines how scientists move from physical measurementsto actual observation of single-cell recordings in the brain. We highlight how easy it is to change the fundamental nature of ourobservations using accepted methodological techniques for manipulatingraw data. Collecting single-cell data is thoroughly pragmatic. Weconclude that there is no deep or interesting difference betweenaccounting for observations by measurements and accounting forobservations by theories.     

蛋白质组学及其在神经科学中的应用

蛋白质组学这一概念从提出到现在已应用到生命科学许多领域.在中枢神经系统中,全脑以及许多脑区的蛋白质组数据库逐步建立,并且已经鉴定出了许多在神经系统疾病过程中起重要作用的蛋白.虽然神经系统蛋白质组学的研究尚处于起步阶段,但在阐明某些疾病的发病机制方面已取得长足发展.本文对蛋白质组学及其在神经科学中的研究进展作一综述.     

Neuroscience: comraderie and nostalgia in nematodes

Two recent papers on social rearing and olfactory imprinting show that early developmental experiences can lead to long-lasting changes in behaviour of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.