The social brain in psychiatric and neurological disorders

By Daniel P. Kennedy, Ralph Adolphs. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2012

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Psychiatric and neurological disorders have historically provided key insights into the structure-function relationships that subserve human social cognition and behavior, informing the concept of the ‘social brain’. In this review, we take stock of the current status of this concept, retaining a focus on disorders that impact social behavior. We discuss how the social brain, social cognition, and social behavior are interdependent, and emphasize the important role of development and compensation. We suggest that the social brain, and its dysfunction and recovery, must be understood not in terms of specific structures, but rather in terms of their interaction in large-scale networks.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

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Towards a Universal Taxonomy of Macro-scale Functional Human Brain Networks (2019, positive): “In the social neuroscience literature, the M-CIN has been referred to as the “empathy network” (Kennedy and Adolphs 2012), as both nociceptive and empathic pain produce activation in the insula and midcingulate cortices (Zaki et al. 2016).”
Compound facial expressions of emotion (2014, background): “Without an understanding of which AUs represent each category of emotion, it is impossible to understand naturalistic expressions and address fundamental problems in neuroscience (40), study psychiatric disorders (41), or design complex perceptual interfaces (42).”
A Community of One: Social Cognition and Auditory Verbal Hallucinations (2013, background): “However, these areas typically described as monitoring and emotion areas are also key components in social neurocognitive networks that make up the ‘‘social brain’’ [19,20].”
Sex differences in the adult human brain: Evidence from 5,216 UK Biobank participants (2017, background): “The higher female connectivity within circuits like the DMN may be particularly important, given that DMN regions are often considered as an important part of the “social brain” (Kennedy and Adolphs 2012; Mars et al. 2012; Amft et al. 2015).”
Intracranial Recordings in Epilepsy: an Approach to Understanding the Neural Mechanisms of Social Cognition (2025, unknown): “Effectively treating these impairments requires understanding the large-scale network interactions underlying social cognition [4], identifying the causal contributions of specific brain regions [24], and employing behavioral assessments capable of detecting and isolating social cognitive deficits…”