معرفی
Matthew Lieberman is a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), serving as Area Chair for Social and Affective Neuroscience. As a founder of social neuroscience, his research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying real-world social interactions using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to study face-to-face communication and team dynamics.
Education:
- Ph.D. from Harvard University
Research Interests:
Lieberman's work centers on making social neuroscience more socially relevant through his CEEing Model, which explains pre-reflective subjective construal in visual, semantic, and psychological domains. His lab investigates friendship foundations, ideological conflict resolution, worldview formation, and team performance optimization. He has recently expanded this framework to explore consciousness and subjectivity in neural correlates of conscious experience, bridging cognitive and affective neuroscience with social behavior.
Publication Trends:
His recent publications (2010-2022) demonstrate consistent advancement in social cognitive neuroscience, with increasing focus on neural synchrony during interactions, consciousness studies, and real-world applications. Key methodological innovations include fNIRS for naturalistic social paradigms and electrocorticography for precise neural sequencing. Thematic evolution shows progression from basic self/other processing to complex team dynamics and theoretical frameworks for consciousness.
Laboratory:
Lieberman directs the UCLA Social Cognitive Neuroscience (SCN) Lab, which pioneers the use of fNIRS in ecologically valid social settings. The lab examines neural mechanisms of social connection, conflict resolution, and collective intelligence through interdisciplinary approaches combining psychology, neuroscience, and computational modeling.
