Social Cognition

Tal Shany-Ur; Katherine P. Rankin

doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-95702-1.00359-6

Social Cognition

Tal Shany-Ur
, Katherine P. Rankin

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Social cognition involves the interpretation of social and emotional information and regulation of behavioral choices. Once social information is perceived, a set of rapid emotion-driven mechanisms, which are subject to attitudes, biases, and personality traits, assign meaning and importance to this information, often evoking an emotional response. This integrates with acquired social knowledge and reflective, higher-order reasoning about others' thoughts and intentions, resulting in accurate empathy and theory of mind. After social information is evaluated, executive and regulatory processes mediate the selection and enactment of an appropriate behavioral response. We describe each of these mechanisms and their underlying neurologic substrates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	V1:462-V1:468
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323957021
ISBN (Print)	9780323957052
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-95702-1.00359-6
State	Published - 1 Jan 2025

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Keywords

Emotion
Empathy
Frontotemporal dementia
Neuroanatomy
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neurology
Neuropeptides
Regulation
Social cognition
Social decision making
Social neuroscience
Social perception
Theory of mind

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