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Title: Mental models of a social-ecological system facilitate social learning among a diverse management team
Award ID(s):
1821288
NSF-PAR ID:
10280769
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Environmental Science & Policy
Volume:
122
Issue:
C
ISSN:
1462-9011
Page Range / eLocation ID:
127 to 138
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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  1. Abstract

    Meaningfully connecting with others is critical to the well‐being of individuals. What phenomena contribute to and stem from social connection? In this paper, we integrate emerging work that uses neuroimaging and social network analysis with theories that explore the links between shared reality and social connection. We highlight recent work suggesting that the extent to which people have aligned mental processing and shared subjective construals to those around them—as shown by neural similarity—is associated with both objective and subjective social connection. On the other hand, idiosyncrasies are linked to difficulties with social connection. We conclude by suggesting how the links between shared understanding and social connection can be productively used as a framework to study psychosocial phenomena of interest.

     
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