Because information about gender, kin, and social status are essential for reproduction and survival, it seems likely that specialized neural mechanisms have evolved to process social information. This review describes recent studies of four aspects of social information processing: (a) perception of social signals via the vomeronasal system, (b) formation of social memory via long-term filial imprinting and short-term recognition, (c) motivation for parental behavior and pair bonding, and (d) the neural consequences of social experience. Results from these studies and some recent functional imaging studies in human subjects begin to define the circuitry of a "social brain." Such neurodevelopmental disorders as autism and schizophrenia are characterized by abnormal social cognition and corresponding deficits in social behavior; thus social neuroscience offers an important opportunity for translational research with an impact on public health.

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大脑如何处理社交信息：搜索社交大脑。

由于有关性别，亲属和社会地位的信息对于生殖和生存至关重要，因此似乎已经进化出专门的神经机制来处理社会信息。这篇综述描述了对社会信息处理的四个方面的最新研究：（a）通过犁鼻系统感知社会信号，（b）通过长期的孝子烙印和短期识别形成社会记忆，（c）父母的动机行为和伴侣关系，以及（d）社会经验的神经后果。这些研究的结果以及最近在人类受试者中进行的一些功能成像研究开始定义“社会大脑”的电路。自闭症和精神分裂症等神经发育障碍的特征在于异常的社会认知和相应的社交行为缺陷；