Brains and behaviours

I continue to be fascinated with the research emerging from the new field of social neuroscience. This involves a multi-disciplinary approach to exploring the interaction between the hard wiring of our brains and our social behaviours.

For too long biological and social explanations of behaviour have been seen as incompatible. Instead we should be seeking to combine insights from science, social science and philosophy into an integrated understanding of human behaviour and development. I hope this emerges as a big theme for the RSA lecture and research programme over the coming year. 

• David Straker - 05 Jun 2008 1:45pm

  Social change is so interesting. At changingminds.org I'm building a resource on this. Something I do when walking to and from Waterloo is to help tourists who are taking photos. I either stop when they are photographing one another, rather than walking through the shot, (and guess what - others stop too) or offer to photograph them together. It invariably creates a surprised thanks and I like to think it helps build the brand of London as a friendly city.

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