%0 Journal Article %T Um Convite ¨¤ Neuroci¨ºncia Cognitiva Social %A Vitor Geraldi Haase %A Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas %A ¨¦rica Alves Arantes %J Gerais : Revista Interinstitucional de Psicologia %D 2009 %I Universidade Federal de Uberl?ndia %X The paper presents a new interdisciplinary research field, called social cognitive neuroscience (SCN). Assumptions,methods and possible contributions to the scientific understanding of behavior are presented. Recent empiricalresults of SCN are analyzed, which will allow a reflection about the interaction between nature and nurture in thedevelopment of human behavior. %K Social cognitive neuroscience %K Evolutionary psychology %K Human development %U http://www.fafich.ufmg.br/gerais/index.php/gerais/article/view/37/45