captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: tonight we continue our journey through the most exciting frontier of science, the brain. our subject this evening is how the brain controls social behavior. more so than any other species, humans are social beings. we depend heavily on each other for safety, survival and companionship. over the course of evolution, humans have adapted not only to a natural world but also to a social one. tonight, we will outline the social skills that separate humans from other species. we will learn how the brain reads facial expressions to determine the thoughts and emotions of others. we will ask what science can teach us about empathy and violence. and we will examine how social skills are compromised in the mysterious disease of autism. for centuries the study of social behavior was left to artists and philosophers, but in the past 150 years biology has emerged as an important
captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: tonight we continue our journey through the most exciting frontier of science, the brain. our subject this evening is how the brain controls social behavior. more so than any other species, humans are social beings. we depend heavily on each other for safety, survival and companionship. over the course of evolution, humans have adapted not only to a natural world but also to a social one. tonight, we will outline the social skills that separate humans from other species. we will learn how the brain reads facial expressions to determine the thoughts and emotions of others. we will ask what science can teach us about empathy and violence. and we will examine how social skills are compromised in the mysterious disease of autism. for centuries the study of social behavior was left to artists and philosophers, but in the past 150 years biology has emerged as an important
captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: tonight we continue our journey through the most exciting frontier of science, the brain. our subject this evening is how the brain controls social behavior. more so than any other species, humans are social beings. we depend heavily on each other for safety, survival and companionship. over the course of evolution, humans have adapted not only to a natural world but also to a social one. tonight, we will outline the social skills that separate humans from other species. we will learn how the brain reads facial expressions to determine the thoughts and emotions of others. we will ask what science can teach us about empathy and violence. and we will examine how social skills are compromised in the mysterious disease of autism. for centuries the study of social behavior was left to artists and philosophers, but in the past 150 years biology has emerged as an important
captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: tonight we continue our journey through the most exciting frontier of science, the brain. our subject this evening is how the brain controls social behavior. more so than any other species, humans are social beings. we depend heavily on each other for safety, survival and companionship. over the course of evolution, humans have adapted not only to a natural world but also to a social one. tonight, we will outline the social skills that separate humans from other species. we will learn how the brain reads facial expressions to determine the thoughts and emotions of others. we will ask what science can teach us about empathy and violence. and we will examine how social skills are compromised in the mysterious disease of autism. for centuries the study of social behavior was left to artists and philosophers, but in the past 150 years biology has emerged as an important
captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: tonight we continue our journey through the most exciting frontier of science, the brain. our subject this evening is how the brain controls social behavior. more so than any other species, humans are social beings. we depend heavily on each other for safety, survival and companionship. over the course of evolution, humans have adapted not only to a natural world but also to a social one. tonight, we will outline the social skills that separate humans from other species. we will learn how the brain reads facial expressions to determine the thoughts and emotions of others. we will ask what science can teach us about empathy and violence. and we will examine how social skills are compromised in the mysterious disease of autism. for centuries the study of social behavior was left to artists and philosophers, but in the past 150 years biology has emerged as an important