Impairment of social cognition in neurological diseases

Social cognition in post‐traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review

“…Our analysis relies on Henry's repartition on four classically studied domains in social cognition, as this review offers the possibility to identify referent neuropsychological tests (Henry et al ., ). These four domains do not reflect the complex architecture of social cognition as it can be evoked in other reviews (Duclos, Desgranges, Eustache, & Laisney, ; Happé, Cook, & Bird, ; Happé & Frith, ).…”

“…These data prompted us to think about the most relevant cognitive test battery for assessing social cognition (Duclos et al ., ). We believe that this should include recognition of facial emotions (Ekman) for social perception (Young, Perrett, Calder, Sprengelmeyer, & Ekman, ), the RMET (Baron‐Cohen et al ., ) for emotional/affective ToM, false‐belief tasks such as the French‐language TOM‐15 (Desgranges et al ., ) for cognitive ToM, the Faux‐Pas Test (Baron‐Cohen, O'riordan, Stone, Jones, & Plaisted, ; Gregory et al ., ), empathy questionnaires such as the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, , ) or the Empathy Quotient (Baron‐Cohen & Wheelwright, ; evaluation by a relative in the case of anosognosia), and the TAS‐20 for identifying and expressing their own emotions (Bagby et al ., ).…”

“…Regarded as a component of neurocognitive disorders, it is divided into three subdomains: emotion recognition, ToM, and self‐awareness about changes in social cognition (insight). Social cognition is known to be disturbed in numerous neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, and its assessment can contribute to diagnosis (e.g., degenerative disorders) and help clinicians prescribe appropriate rehabilitation (Duclos et al ., ; Henry et al ., ).…”

“…Variability was also induced by experimental paradigms, as some did not cover the whole range of emotional stimuli (e.g., only fear, fear and happiness, or happiness and anger), different material was used (Ekman's faces, NimStim, GurSet, or material created by the research team), and the cognitive demand varied in nature (e.g., an identification task is more cognitively costly than a matching task). Lastly, variability was induced by the lack of a consensus on the definition of social cognition: cognitive empathy versus affective empathy, cognitive ToM versus affective ToM, or social perception versus affective empathy (Duclos et al ., ; Happé et al ., ). Furthermore, it is obvious that notions evoked here are insufficient to depict deeply social cognition and its organization.…”

Exploring the Relationship Between Social Cognition Deficits and Neurodegenerative Dementia: Protocol for a Systematic Review

“…Strikwerda-Brown et al (14) limited their review to the relationship between theory of mind and neurodegenerative disorders, but did not consider other aspects of SC. These and other published reviews (13)(14)(15)about the relationships between SC and neurodegenerative disorders were not performed systematically and did not describe the methodology used. Thus, we consider that the present work, in addition to ll in the gaps of the previous reviews, will provide strength to the results obtained, since it is a systematic review.…”