The Social Brain

Social intelligence is still a somewhat underestimated capacity. It is, however, gaining importance in today's society as companies place more emphasis on collaboration in teams, and perhaps especially because the Covid-19 pandemic recently confronted us with the importance we attach to social contact.

Which brain areas play a major role in social thinking and action? Prof. Van Overwalle explains how specific brain areas support your social thinking and understanding of other people, and takes you through recent brain discoveries made over the past 20 years. His review includes not only basic functions of the social brain, but also some recent discoveries that have important implications for social dysfunction, such as autism.

The audience will be invited to participate in short and easy real-life tests (from actual experiments), so they can experience for themselves how the social brain works.