7/29/2019 Schizophrenia Social Cognition

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Rolul cognitiei sociale n schizofrenie

Conceptul de cognitie social se refer la abilitatea de a construi repreyentri mentale desprealtii, despre sine, precum si a relatiilor dintre altii si propria persoan (Adolphs, 2001). O altdefinitie a acestui concept a fost prezentat de Penn et al (2005): cogni tia social implic

perceperea, interpretarea si procesarea informatiilor sociale care stau la baza interactiunilorsociale si include perceptia emotional si social.Cognitia social conduce si comportamentul automatic si volitional prin participarea la o varietate

de procese care moduleaz rspunsul comportamental: memoria, procesul de luare a deciziei,atentia, motivatia si emotia care sunt obtinute ca urmare a rspunsului comportamental la o seriede relevanti stimuli sociali. Acest concept relative nou a fost folosit pentru a ntelege n cazul

schizofreniei si a tulburrilor psihotice simptome precum paranoia.n literatur se mentioneaz, de asemeni, c substraturile neuronale ale cognitiei sociale sediferentiaz n mod clar de cele ale cognitiei de baz. Mai important, putem vorbi, desprecogniia social si ca despre un factor care pare a avea un rol cheie n schizofrenie, si anumemedierea relaiilor dintre cunoaterea de baz i funcionarea social.

Diferentele dintre cognitia social si cognitia de baz au fost evidentiate n ultimii ani, cele doudomenii fiind n mod clar legate si raportndu-se unul la cellalt, dar fiind n acelasi timpdistincte.

The role of social cognition in schizophrenia

The concept of social cognition refers to the ability to construct mental representations about

others, oneself, and relations between others and oneself (Adolphs, 2001). Another definition ofthis concept is given by Penn et al (2005): social cognition involves the perception, interpretation

and processing of social information that underlies social interactions and includes emotion

perception, social perception, social knowledge.

Social cognition run the automatic and volitional behavior by participating in a variety ofprocesses that modulate behavioral response: memory, decision-making, attention, motivation

and emotion are all prominently recruited when socially relevant stimuli elicit behavior. This

relatively new concept has been used to understand the several symptoms in schizophrenia andpsychotic disorders, such as paranoia.

The literature mentioned also that the neural substrates of social cognition in schizophrenia are

different from those that underlie basic cognition. More important, we can speak as well aboutsocial cognition like a factor that appears to serve a key role in schizophrenia, mediating the

relationships between basic cognition and functional outcome in this disease.

The differences between social cognition and basic cognition are revealed in the last years, the

two domains were clearly related to each other, but they were also separable.