[HTML][HTML] Understanding the higher-order approach to consciousness

R Brown, H Lau, JE LeDoux - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2019 - cell.com
The higher-order theory (HOT) of consciousness has often been misunderstood by critics.
Here, we clarify its position on several issues, and distinguish it from other views, such as …

Clinical assessment of social cognitive function in neurological disorders

JD Henry, W Von Hippel, P Molenberghs… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Social cognition broadly refers to the processing of social information in the brain that
underlies abilities such as the detection of others' emotions and responding appropriately to …

[HTML][HTML] Interoception and psychopathology: A developmental neuroscience perspective

J Murphy, R Brewer, C Catmur, G Bird - Developmental cognitive …, 2017 - Elsevier
Interoception refers to the perception of the physiological condition of the body, including
hunger, temperature, and heart rate. There is a growing appreciation that interoception is …

Structural plasticity of the social brain: Differential change after socio-affective and cognitive mental training

SL Valk, BC Bernhardt, FM Trautwein, A Böckler… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Although neuroscientific research has revealed experience-dependent brain changes
across the life span in sensory, motor, and cognitive domains, plasticity relating to social …

[HTML][HTML] Autism, oxytocin and interoception

E Quattrocki, K Friston - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by profound social and verbal
communication deficits, stereotypical motor behaviors, restricted interests, and cognitive …

[HTML][HTML] The anatomy of empathy: Vicarious experience and disorders of social cognition

PL Lockwood - Behavioural brain research, 2016 - Elsevier
Empathy, the ability to vicariously experience and to understand the affect of other people, is
fundamental for successful social-cognitive ability and behaviour. Empathy is thought to be a …

Network analysis for a network disorder: the emerging role of graph theory in the study of epilepsy

BC Bernhardt, L Bonilha, DW Gross - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed a paradigm shift in the study and conceptualization of
epilepsy, which is increasingly understood as a network-level disorder. An emblematic case …

Overlapping and specific neural correlates for empathizing, affective mentalizing, and cognitive mentalizing: A coordinate‐based meta‐analytic study

M Arioli, Z Cattaneo, E Ricciardi… - Human Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While the discussion on the foundations of social understanding mainly revolves around the
notions of empathy, affective mentalizing, and cognitive mentalizing, their degree of overlap …

Dissecting empathy: high levels of psychopathic and autistic traits are characterized by difficulties in different social information processing domains

PL Lockwood, G Bird, M Bridge… - Frontiers in human …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Individuals with psychopathy or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can behave in ways that
suggest lack of empathy towards others. However, many different cognitive and affective …

Interoception in autism spectrum disorder: A review

D DuBois, SH Ameis, MC Lai, MF Casanova… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose This review article summarizes original scientific research published to date on
interoception in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Sensory processing has …