Development of social behaviour – from mechanisms to interventions
Social behaviour undergoes critical changes during childhood. My work explores the underlying neurocognitive and developmental mechanisms of social skills (i.e. empathy and theory of mind) and behaviour (i.e. sharing and helping). I show that higher-order control processes are critical to the development of both. I propose that these insights can be leveraged for devising interventions, which seek to a) establish a causal role of specific mechanisms, b) improve skills critical for forming social-bonds and c) provide an assay for studying sensitive periods.
Date:
5 December 2017, 15:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue:
Ewert House, Summertown OX2 7DD
Venue Details:
Room 8 (1st floor)
Speaker:
Dr Niko Steinbeis (UCL)
Organising department:
Department of Experimental Psychology
Organiser:
Dr Karla Holmboe (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
karla.holmboe@psy.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Geoff Bird (University of Oxford )
Part of:
Department of Experimental Psychology - Language & Development Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Stephanie Mcclain
