The Emerging Neuroscience of Social Media

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• 作者：Dar Meshi¹ ; ^&Dagger ; ; ^{dar.meshi@fu-berlin.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Diana I. Tamir² ; ^&Dagger ; ; Hauke R. Heekeren¹
• 关键词：social media ; neuroscience ; social cognition ; self-referential cognition ; social reward ; Facebook
• 刊名：Trends in Cognitive Sciences
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：19
• 期：12
• 页码：771-782
• 全文大小：1847 K

文摘

Social media use is a global phenomenon, with almost two billion people worldwide regularly using these websites. As Internet access around the world increases, so will the number of social media users. Neuroscientists can capitalize on the ubiquity of social media use to gain novel insights about social cognitive processes and the neural systems that support them. This review outlines social motives that drive people to use social media, proposes neural systems supporting social media use, and describes approaches neuroscientists can use to conduct research with social media. We close by noting important directions and ethical considerations of future research with social media.