Social interactions shape how we think and learn, study finds.
The article discusses how social interactions influence our thinking. It shows that social cognition involves unique concepts and processes, like understanding others' intentions and imitating behaviors. Social interactions also affect basic cognitive processes like learning and memory. The researchers suggest that studying social cognition can help us understand how our brains work in social situations. They propose exploring social cognition through social neuroscience, computational social cognition, and social-cognitive robotics.