The findings suggest that the TPJ plays an important role in perspective - taking, which Ruff describes as «a very
basic social mechanism» that is essential not only for helping us figure out what other people may be thinking and feeling during social interactions but also in self - control, as we weigh the needs and desires of our current self against the needs and desires of our imagined future self.
Not exact matches
In their view, the Constitution sets the
basic structure for a society in which individuals compete for life's rewards, and the competitive economic market is the
mechanism of
social justice.
By modeling its structure, articulating the architectural principles that have fueled its phenomenal growth, and discovering how
social conventions drive online human interactions, Web science hopes to find
mechanisms that will ensure the network continues to grow productively and in ways that support the
basic social values of trustworthiness and privacy.
After five years of investigating the
basic mechanisms of human decision - making, the Caltech Conte Center will tackle a more complex topic: How do
social settings affect the way we make decisions?