▁Control led ▁Social ▁C ogn ition ▁& ▁A ffect ▁and ▁Ne ural ▁B ases ▁of ▁Person ality . So cial ▁cogn itive ▁neu ros cience ▁focus es ▁on ▁how ▁the ▁human ▁brain ▁car ries ▁out ▁social ▁information ▁processing . ▁Lie ber man ▁uses ▁functional ▁ne uro im aging ▁ ▁( f M RI ) ▁and ▁ne uro ps ych ology ▁to ▁test ▁new ▁hypoth eses ▁regarding ▁social ▁cogn ition . ▁ ▁Lie ber man ▁is ▁the ▁found ing ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁journal , ▁Social ▁C ogn itive ▁and ▁A ffect ive ▁Neu ros cience . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁A PA ▁Dist ingu ished ▁Scient ific ▁Award ▁for ▁an ▁Early ▁Career ▁Cont ribution ▁to ▁Psych ology . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁U CLA ▁Gold ▁Sh ield ▁Fac ulty ▁Prize . ▁ ▁Selected ▁publications ▁ ▁Lie ber man , ▁M . ▁D . ▁( 2 0 1 3 ). ▁Social : ▁Why ▁our ▁bra ins ▁are ▁w ired ▁to ▁connect . ▁New ▁York , ▁NY : ▁Crown ▁ ▁Lie ber man , ▁M . ▁D . ▁( 2 0 1 0 ). ▁Social ▁cogn itive ▁neu ros cience . ▁In ▁S . ▁T . ▁F iske , ▁D . ▁T . ▁Gilbert , ▁& ▁G . ▁Lind ze y ▁( Ed s ). ▁Hand book ▁of ▁Social ▁Psych ology ▁( 5 th ▁ed .) ▁( pp .   1 4 3 – 1 9 3 ). ▁New