Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Interactions

Social interaction is a cornerstone of human life. The centre specializes in the new science of social interaction, a science that blends behavioural, computational and neuroimaging techniques to investigate human social function, communication and cooperation.  Our research examines a range of mechanisms that underlie social interaction: from gestures and expressive signals, from the face, voice and body to language-based communication. We have special interest in how such local interactions affect the dynamics and structure of larger scale social networks.