Our brains use basic 'building blocks' of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study.

Social psychology studies how this social world and individual ... The research focuses on the dynamics and consequences of relations between groups, as well as discourses and ideologies about ...

New research reveals that our brains simplify complex social interactions by using basic mental "building blocks" or shortcuts.

Liad Uziel, from the Department of Psychology at Bar-Ilan ... offers new insights into how this basic social condition influences broader social dynamics. The research involved five experiments ...