Abstract
Social cognition was assessed in a clinical sample of personality disorder (PD) stable patients receiving ambulatory treatment (N = 17) and healthy matched controls (N = 17) using tests of recognition of emotions in faces and eyes, in a test of social faux pas and in theory of mind (ToM) stories. Results indicated that when compared with healthy controls, individuals with PD showed a clear tendency to obtain lower scoring in tasks assessing recognition of emotion in faces (T = −2.602, p = 0.014), eyes (T = −3.593, p = 0.001), ToM stories (T = −4.706, p = 0.000), and Faux pas (T = −2.227, p = 0.035). In the present pilot study, PD individuals with a normal cognitive efficiency showed an impaired performance at social cognition assessment including emotion recognition and ToM.
Highlights
Social cognition is the process that involves the mental operations that underlie behavior and social interaction; a specific cognitive domain, humans utilize to respond to social problems [1]
It has been observed that various areas of the brain are involved in social cognition; the sensory cortex is involved in the perceptual representation of stimuli and its characteristics; namely facial, postural, and emotional expressions as well as in movements with social signals [5, 6]
General Cognitive Tests No significant differences were found between the groups in MMSE, frontal assessment battery (FAB), DEX, or Benton facial recognition test (BFRT)
Summary
Social cognition is the process that involves the mental operations that underlie behavior and social interaction; a specific cognitive domain, humans utilize to respond to social problems [1]. The expression and recognition of emotions play an important role in social cognition [2], since the expressed emotions when identified by others, give clues about an individual’s mental state. In order to interpret social signals in others, individuals must be capable of, on the one hand, empathy They must be able to utilize a reference framework that contains theories regarding the behavior of others, i.e., with regard to the thoughts and emotions that lead them to perform certain behaviors [3, 4]. This is called theory of mind (ToM). It has been observed that various areas of the brain are involved in social cognition; the sensory cortex is involved in the perceptual representation of stimuli and its characteristics; namely facial, postural, and emotional expressions as well as in movements with social signals [5, 6]
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