Socio-cognitive skills are crucial for successful interpersonal interactions. Two particularly
important socio-cognitive processes are emotion perception (EP) and theory of mind (ToM) …

Impaired theory of mind (ToM) reasoning is considered an underlying cause of social
cognition deficits in patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). However, the literature does not …

INTRODUCTION:“Theory of Mind”(ToM), ie, the ability to infer other persons' mental states, is
a key function of social cognition. It is increasingly recognized to form a multidimensional …

Many children and adults experience significant breakdown in the use of language. The
resulting pragmatic disorders present a considerable barrier to effective communication …

There is now an extensive empirical literature on the nature and extent of pragmatic
disorders in a range of clinical populations. This chapter attempts to organize the findings of …

The occurrence of a right-hemisphere lesion can interfere with pragmatic abilities, and
particularly with the processing of non-literal speech acts in which the listener has to identify …

In entirely accessible terms, Wendy Lawson lays out her groundbreaking theory of Single
Attention and Associated Cognition in Autism (SAACA), an approach that explains autism in …

Although it is now widely recognised that social cognitive difficulties are often evident
following stroke, important questions remain about the nature and magnitude of these …

An Introduction to the Psychology of Humor provides a comprehensive and accessible
overview of psychologists' research on humor. Drawing on research from a variety of …

Perception and execution of actions share a common representational and neural substrate
and thereby facilitate unintentional motor mimicry. Controlling automatic imitation is …