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Showing 1 to 20 of 221 for “"social cognition"”.
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Social cognition in epilepsy
… (PWE) to engage in meaningful and appropriate social interactions. PWE often report difficulties in social settings, yet there is a paucity of research investigating the socio-cognitive skills of this group. This thesis aimed to investigate these skills and relate them to the patient's …
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Social Cognition and Functioning in Huntington’s Disease
… motor-related ones. Specifically, problems with social functioning are often reported as one of the most difficult to manage symptoms by patients and their companions. While problems in certain areas of social cognition are well-established, there is little understanding of how specific cognitive …
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Social Cognition in Disorders of the Basal Ganglia
… with these disorders also have difficulties with social cognition. Patients with Parkinson’s exhibited deficits in reasoning about mental states. These deficits can largely be attributed to executive dysfunction which results from disordered activity in the circuitry linking the dorsolateral …
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Social cognition in individuals with psychosis and healthy individuals
… goal of the study was to examine one factor of social cognition, Theory of Mind (ToM), using the Hinting Task. The first aim of the study was to investigate ToM abilities among healthy individuals and analyse by gender, age, and education. The second aim was to compare ToM abilities among the …
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Social Cognition with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Peer Relationships
… with Autism Spectrum Disorders have deficits in social cognition, and as a result, face many social communication barriers especially with their peers. The purpose of this study was to determine whether social knowledge could be improved for students with high functioning Autism Spectrum …
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The Social Cognition of Misinformation and Implications for Psychological Interventions
… or analytical thinking - it often overlooks the social contexts in which judgements are made. This thesis addresses this gap by examining the role of social influence, specifically social proof, political identity and source effects, in misinformation susceptibility. Through a series of …
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Cognitive function and social cognition in young first-episode psychosis patients
… study is to examine neuropsychological- and social cognition test performance in young first-episode psychosis patients and normal controls. Furthermore, the study will examine the amount of variance in two different social cognition tests (the Hinting Task and the Facial Emotion …
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Relationship between social cognition and behavioural difficulties in acquired brain injury
A reduction in appropriate social functioning has been commonly reported following Acquired brain injury (ABI). A post-ABI empathy deficit has been suggested as a possible cause of this; specifically the ability to experience emotional empathy which has been defined as vicariously feeling what …
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The Neurobiology of Social Cognition: Role of the Posterior Cingulate Cortex
… biased towards gathering and processing the social information present in the world. In fact, the neural network that mediates our engagement with the external world - the default mode network (DMN) ¬- is strongly convergent with the neural circuitry for social cognition. The posterior …
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Social cognition in South African children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Research on the social-cognitive profile of individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has confirmed poorer social skills in these children compared to healthy controls, independent of overall cognitive functioning. However, although children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are …
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Characterising social cognition and its predictors in individuals with premanifest Huntington’s disease
… In particular there is increasing evidence of social cognitive dysfunction in HD, which is now recognised as a component of cognition according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Deficits have been reported in individuals with HD across four social cognitive …
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An Evaluation of Social Cognition and Social Emotional Outcomes Following Pediatric Stroke
… element of pediatric stroke is its impact on social cognition and, in turn, social-emotional outcomes. Stroke characteristics have been reported to be associated with social cognitive ability and social functioning. Neurological factors and their effect on social cognition remain to be better …
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Psychological and Genetic Contributions to the Development of Social Cognition in Children
<p>This study examined the development of social cognition in children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as the influence of behavioral and molecular genetics on these higher-order cognitive abilities. Specifically, it was hypothesized that children with ASD would perform …
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THE ROLE OF UNCERTAINTY IN SOCIAL COGNITION: INTEGRATING FMRI AND BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES
Social decisions and inferences involve high levels of uncertainty. We cannot directly observe others’ feelings, beliefs, and intentions. Additionally, we only have limited information regarding the past behavior and personality traits of a given person or what situational factors bear on their …
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Interpersonal Typology and Social Cognition: The Construct Validity of The Interpersonal Types
The interpersonal construal styles of 100 females classified into moderate and extreme levels of Leary's (1957) "quadrant" interpersonal personality types were compared. It was hypothesized that persons classified according to interpersonal typological categories and procedures would in fact encode …
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Introspective accuracy for social cognition across the psychosis spectrum: Influence of sleep disturbance
… assessments. Participants also completed social cognitive tasks, estimated their performance on the tasks (used to calculate IA), and indicated their confidence in their answers. Across the sample, IA and sleep disturbance were not significantly related, and sleep disturbance did not …
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The Role of Social Cognition and Person Perception in Economic Social Decision-Making
<p>Social decision-making is often complex, requiring the decision-maker to make social inferences about another person in addition to engaging traditional decision-making processes. However, until recently, much research in neuroeconomics and behavioral economics has examined social …
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