1. C8CSNR (Dr. Roger Newport)
Human Social Interaction Research Proposal
What is the module about?
The neuroscience of H.S.I
Recognition of others’
Emotions
visual cues
auditory cues
Actions
from eye movements
from limb and body movements
Minds
making judgments about other people
based on how they look
and how they move

2. Understanding emotion
From visual cues
From auditory cues

3. Understanding actions
From eye movements
From body movements
Who farted?

4. Understanding Minds

5. Understanding Minds
Theory of mind
Simulation
What happens next?

6. Understanding the Neuroscience - we will talk about…
Methods like these
Pictures like these

7. Module Structure - a module with a difference
What you won’t do
Exams
Dissertations
Multiple Choice
Data Collection

8. Module Structure - a module with a difference
What you will do
Listen to some lectures
Read about something that interests you the most
(a PDF library is provided to get you started)
Think of an experiment that would advance our knowledge of that subject
Price up your experiment
Write up your experiment proposal
X 3

9. Module Structure - a module with a difference
What you will write about
Why it would be an interesting thing to study
What you would hope to find out
How you would do it
How you would analyse it
What you think you would find
What could go wrong
What it all means

10. Module Structure - a module with a difference
What do I need to worry about?
Will it be too scientific or biological? No
Will I need an imagination?
Yes
How will I know if I’m doing it right?
Revision/feedback sessions - probably
This is new. I’m frightened.
Me too

11. Choose your equipment and participants

12. Emotions Actions Actions Minds Module Structure Autumn Spring 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 L r ? D X E
Emotions
Actions
Spring 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 f ? D L X
Actions
Minds