The Interbrain by Tantam, Digby -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Preface

A note on organization

Chapter 1. The Interbrain

Thought experiments

Connectedness and mirroring Deliberate and involuntary mirroring Real and not-so-real connections Philosophical intuitions about connectedness

Nonverbal communication and connectedness

Types of nonverbal communication Reflective or top-down nonverbal communication

Top-down theories of nonverbal communication

Communication central: the orbitofrontal cortex

What is theory of mind?

Cognitive empathy A mind of one’s own Theory of mind and self-awareness

Bottom-up nonverbal communication

Why non-awareness leads to denial that bottom-up nonverbal communication occurs Bottom-up nonverbal communication that is non-reciprocal Pain

Humean sympathy, identification, attachment, and attribution

The insula and emotional flavour Bottom-up nonverbal connections that are apparently innate

Bottom-up nonverbal connections based on similarity or complementarity: the interbrain Establishing interbrain connections Gaze reflexes: orientating to the eyes and gaze following Facial and other imitation The mirror neuron paradigm Emotional contagion Shared attention What makes the interbrain?

Notes

Chapter 2. The Interbrain in Action

Introjection Infancy Altruism

Giving over to the other

Crowds

Deindividuation Organismic analogies People enjoy crowd participation Swarms and mobs Equality

Equality in spontaneous groups

Other animal swarms and interbrain connections Are swarm-like crowds stupid?

Cohesion, crowding, and swarming In- and out-groups

In- and out-group mobs Religion and crowds

Two types of leader Families and familiarity Summary so far Why this chapter is about the brain, and not about, say, extended cognition Notes

Chapter 3. Being Dominated by the Theory-of-Mind Connection

Summary so far Inner conflict When does the opposition between the interbrain and the theory of mind begin?

Three examples of the impact of both the interbrain and the theory of mind on social interaction

Play Titus Livius

Sympathy or law? The trolley problem Kinship The original theory-of-mind studies Narrative Deceit Further problems with ‘mind’ Other people Inequality Gramarye Notes

Chapter 4. Connecting to Finnegans Wake

When narrative truth comes into play Minds and ‘theories of mind’

Communicating information

Perspective taking

Connecting feelings

Emotional connection through narrative How narratives induce emotions The example of embarrassment or ‘cringe’ The professor of signs Notes

Chapter 5. Connecting Through Common Knowledge

Cooperation and coordination The madness of crowds How does knowledge become ‘common’? Gaining common knowledge Common knowledge and the interbrain The question arises: in such a world how can people afford to act cooperatively? The public persona Notes

Chapter 6. Leaders

Submission Obedience The saving idea The connection between the leader and the group

How does a leader gain a more permanent connection with others who become followers?

Emotions of obedience

Common knowledge Disconnection Disconnecting

Disconnecting through negativity Hegemony and hate

Morality, demons, and beasts Dehumanization In- and out-groups

In-groups Justice, obedience, honour, and duty An example from Lodz

Notes

Chapter 7. Connections and Morality

War

What leads to war? The moral importance of war Terror management theory What leads to terror? How does war end? The interbrain in war What effect does war have? Does the contrast between types of connections provide any guidance about conducting peace?

The connections of terrorists

Moral panic: impersonal and disembodied Moral panic or moral terror The lone terrorist The democratization of terror

Another story about monsters

The psychopath Who is a psychopath? Dangerous, severely abnormal personality disorder Myths about psychopathy and insights about connection The othering manoeuvre If psychopaths existed, what would they be like? Why do we connect to psychopathy?

Internet connections Final conclusions Notes

References Subject Index Author Index About the Author Join Our Mailing List Acknowledgements Dedication Copyright By The Same Author

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