Positive Neuroscience

Contributors Introducing Positive Neuroscience Joshua D. Greene and India Morrison Part I: Social Bonds 1. Affective and Social Touch India Morrison 2. The Neural Correlates of Individual Variation in Paternal Nurturance James K. Rilling and Jennifer Mascaro 3. Toward a Neuroscience of Social Resonance Thalia Wheatley and Beau Sievers Part II: Altruism 4. Prosociality as a form of reward-seeking Jamil Zaki and Jason Mitchell 5. Is Human Prosocial Behavior Unique?: Insights and New Questions from Non-Human Primates Lindsey Drayton and Laurie Santos 6. When Feeling and Doing Diverge: Neural and physiological correlates of the empathy-altruism divide Tony W. Buchanan and Stephanie D. Preston 7. Amygdala Tuning Toward Self and Other Vincent Man, Daniel L. Ames, Alexander Todorov, and William A. Cunningham 8. Towards a Neuroscience of Compassion: A brain systems-based model and research agenda Yoni K. Ashar, Jessica Andrews-Hanna, Tor D. Wager, and Sona Dimidjian 9. Extraordinary Altruism: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective Abigail Marsh Part III: Resilience and Creativity 10. Increasing Positive Emotion in Negative Contexts: Emotional Consequences, Neural Correlates, and Implications for Resilience Kateri McRae and Iris Mauss 11. Could Meditation Modulate the Neurobiology of Learning Not to Fear? Britta Hölzel, Sara W. Lazar, and Mohammed Milad 12. The Role of Brain Connectivity in Musical Experience Psyche Loui 13. The Function of Positive Emotions in Exploration Hans Melo and Adam Anderson Index