Social cognition in pervasive developmental disorders
Articles > Review · 2009
Authors: Nazlı Burcu ÖZBARAN, Sezen Gokcen KOSE, Serpil ERERMIS
KLINIK PSIKOFARMAKOLOJI BULTENI-BULLETIN OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2009, vol 19, pp 322-331
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0095-0
Summary
Pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) and autistic disorder (AD) are neurodevelopmental disorders with genetic basis and abnormal brain development, and characterized by severe and permanent deficits in many interpersonal relation areas like communication, social cognition and processing of emotional signs. Cognitive impairments in AD and other PDDs are tried to be explained by neuropsychiatric models like theory of mind deficits, executive dysfunction and weak central coherence. This article aimed to review neurobiological bases of social cognition and theory of mind which try to explain social cognition.