Impairments in social cognition are a key symptom of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
People with autism have great difficulty with understanding the beliefs and desires of other …

Retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is an important information hub in the brain and several mental
disorders demonstrate RSC dysfunction, but its role is still largely unclear. Although …

Knowledge of autistic individuals' experiences of self-compassion is very limited. This study
investigated autistic women's experiences of self-compassion after receiving their diagnosis …

Psychological perspective-taking is a powerful social cognition that helps us to understand
other people. It creates feelings of closeness and sympathy, motivates us to help others, and …

Research in social cognition has shown that our own emotional experiences are an
important source of information to understand what other people are feeling. The current …

It has been suggested that some aspects of mental state understanding recruit a
rudimentary, but fast and efficient, processing system, demonstrated by the obligatory …

We re-analysed visuo-spatial perspective taking data from plus a previously unpublished
pilot with respect to individual-and sex differences in embodied processing (defined as body …

Empathic perspective-taking is inevitably described using spatial locatives (“understanding
a point of view”) and involves a metaphorical “merging of the self and other.” Visuo-spatial …

Background Self/other distinction (SOD), which refers to the ability to distinguish one's own
body, actions, and mental representations from those of others, is an essential skill for …

Despite its impact on everyday functioning, spatial perspective-taking has rarely been
investigated in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and previous findings are surprisingly …