Social cognitive dysfunction as a clinical marker: A systematic review of meta-analyses across 30 clinical conditions

NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

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Review

Cotter, Jack¹  Granger, Kiri¹  Backx, Rosa¹  Hobbs, Matthew¹  Looi, Chung Yen^1,2  Barnett, Jennifer H.^1,3 

[1] Cambridge Cognit, Cambridge CB25 9TU, England

[2] Univ Bristol, Sch Expt Psychol, Bristol, Avon, England

[3] Univ Cambridge, Dept Psychiat, Cambridge, England

关键词: Emotion;    Theory of mind;    Social cognition;    Transdiagnostic;    Systematic review;    Meta-analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.11.014

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Social cognition includes a range of cognitive processes that help individuals to understand how others think and feel. There is emerging evidence that social cognitive deficits may represent a transdiagnostic issue, potentially serving as a marker of neurological abnormality. We performed an electronic database search in order to identify published, peer-reviewed meta-analyses that compared facial emotion recognition or theory of mind task performance between individuals meeting clinical criteria for a psychiatric, neurological or developmental condition against healthy controls. We identified 31 meta-analyses eligible for inclusion that examined performance across relevant tasks among 30 different clinical populations. The results suggest that social cognitive deficits appear to be a core cognitive phenotype of many clinical conditions. Across the clinical groups, deficits in social cognitive domains were broadly similar in magnitude to those previously reported for more established aspects of cognition, such as memory and executive function. There is a need to clarify the 'real world' impact of these deficits, and to develop effective transdiagnostic interventions for those individuals that are adversely affected.

【 授权许可】

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