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Social cognition as an RDoC domain
1Brain Behavior Laboratory, Neuropsychiatry Section, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Summary
Research into the social brain, focusing on emotion processing, is crucial for understanding psychopathology. This work highlights a facial emotion identification task and its utility within the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychiatry
- Genetics
Background:
- Research on neural substrates of behavior has shifted towards emotion processing and social cognition.
- Social Cognition is now a major domain within the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework.
- Understanding the "social brain" requires quantifying normative and aberrant behaviors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the influence of social cognition on cognitive neuroscience.
- To highlight findings characterizing the "social brain" and behavioral parameters.
- To illustrate the use of a social cognition measure within the RDoC framework.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a facial emotion identification task.
- Examined performance in relation to age, sex, and psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia).
- Conducted neuroimaging studies and genomic family studies, including 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
Main Results:
- Facial emotion identification performance varies with age and sex, and is impaired in psychotic disorders.
- Neuroimaging reveals limbic and frontal activation in healthy individuals and abnormalities in psychiatric populations.
- Heritability of social cognition measures was supported by genomic and family studies.
Conclusions:
- Measures of social cognition can bridge molecular mechanisms and behavior, aiding the study of psychopathology.
- This approach can lead to a mechanistically based diagnostic nomenclature, transcending current classifications.
- Establishing these links is vital for early detection and scientifically grounded interventions.
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