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Social interaction

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Social interaction is a dynamic, changing sequence of social actions between individuals (or groups) who modify their actions and reactions according to those of their interaction partner(s). In other words, they are events in which people attach meaning to a situation, interpret what others are meaning, and respond accordingly.

Social interactions can be differentiated into:

In sociological hierarchy, social interaction is more advanced than behavior, action, social behavior, social action and social contact, and is in turn followed by more advanced concept of social relation. In other words, social interactions, which consist of social actions, form the basis for social relations.

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Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest'

Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (36) | comments 61

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing ...


Star-shaped cells in the brain aid with learning

Star-shaped cells in the brain aid with learning

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Every movement and every thought requires the passing of specific information between networks of nerve cells. To improve a skill or to learn something new entails more efficient or a greater ...


Neuroscientists find brain region responsible for our sense of personal space

Neuroscientists find brain region responsible for our sense of personal space

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 8

In a finding that sheds new light on the neural mechanisms involved in social behavior, neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology have pinpointed the brain structure responsible for our sense ...


New science of learning offers preview of tomorrow's classroom

Learning is social, computational, supported by neural systems linking people

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science ...


Scientists discover neurons that 'mirror' the attention of others

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Whether a monkey is looking to the left or merely watching another monkey looking that way, the same neurons in his brain are firing, according to researchers at the Duke University Medical Center.


Scientists identify the neural circuitry of first impressions

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 08, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Neuroscientists at New York University and Harvard University have identified the neural systems involved in forming first impressions of others. The findings, which show how we encode social information and then evaluate ...


Mouse study reveals genetic component of empathy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The ability to empathize with others is partially determined by genes, according to new research on mice from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).


Hormone important in recognizing familiar faces

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Oxytocin, a hormone involved in child-birth and breast-feeding, helps people recognize familiar faces, according to new research in the January 7 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Study participants who had one dose o ...


Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists

Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the Internet and online social networks (OSNs) news and gossip now spread literally like wildfire -- uncontrollably and seemingly without any order. But according to one Ryerson ...


Brain activity exposes those who break promises

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Scientists from the University of Zurich have discovered the physiological mechanisms in the brain that underlie broken promises. Patterns of brain activity even enable predicting whether someone will break a promise. The ...


Are angry women more like men?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 4

"Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?" wrote author Lynn Hecht Schafran. The answer, according to an article in the Journal of Vision, may lie in our interpretation of facial expressions.


Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character

Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a social void in your life.


Brain responds to human voice in one fifth of a second

Brain responds to human voice in one fifth of a second

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology researchers have found the sound of the human voice can be recognised by the brain in less than one fifth of a second.


Looking for the origins of music in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Music serves as a natural and non-invasive intervention for patients with severe neurological disorders to promote long-term memory, social interaction and communication. However, there is currently no plausible explanation ...


Magnetic leaves reveal Bellingham's most polluted byways

Being a standout has its benefits, study shows

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Standing out in a crowd is better than blending in, at least if you're a paper wasp in a colony where fights between nest-mates determine social status.