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SUMMARY:How is Human Social Cognition Special? - Dr Lasana Harris (UCL)
DTSTART:20201021T150000Z
DTEND:20201021T160000Z
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CONTACT:David Young
DESCRIPTION:Humans cannot claim to be the only social animal. But is there
  something special about human social cognition? Here I argue that it dist
 inguishes itself by its unique flexibility: In scope\, as it can be extend
 ed beyond fellow living humans and withheld from them\; in content\, as it
  is revised over time\, and in certainty\; in process\, as it follows Baye
 sian inferences based on probability. Further\, I posit that both the hype
 r-sociality of humans and some of its distinctive anthropological manifest
 ations derive from this flexibility. This theoretical approach provides an
  alternative to content-based accounts of superior and distinctive human s
 ocial cognition\, and challenges the static ‘social-wiring’ hypothesis
 . Here\, I present social neuroscience data consistent with this alternati
 ve hypothesis.\n\nDr Harris will discuss how this perspective can inform o
 ur understanding of racial prejudice in society and in research.\n\nDr Las
 ana Harris is a Senior Lecturer in Experimental Psychology at University C
 ollege London.\n\nThis talk is co-hosted with the Zangwill Club.\n\nZoom l
 ink to follow
LOCATION:via zoom 
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