How about Neurosociology?

It turns out that I am not the only one who have the idea about putting neuroscience and sociology together. Here's the brilliant must-read blog entry: Neurosociology.

Economists have collaborated with cognitive science for a while, for example, behavioral economics, how about Sociologists? I guess when it comes to the conjunction of biology and sociology that sociologists will be highly suspicious of social Darwinism. But doesn’t brain function matter in social life?

There's an article on Economists that said Martha Farah at U of Penn worked with neurologists on the effects of poverty during childhood on the development of depression in later period. It implied that poverty at early age will have negative affect on the brain function especially on emotional expressions. (Link to the article) In a nutshell, poverty might be one of the causes of depression. It is good to see clash between sociology and neuroscience, and I expect more related research to come. What other possible research question may arise?
From micro-perspective, the social interactionism, Dramaturgy, decision making, learned helplessness, violence and so on.

Macro-perspective: how inequality and stratification sustain? How does the brain/individual/community cope with less advantageous situation?

Here comes a concern, be careful of the argument about if there are differences between male and female brain functions. Because most of the time social scientists, especially economists, borrow ideas directly from neuroscience fields without realizing the ideology of racism and sexism buried in scientific languages.