Social cognition in autism spectrum disorder and conduct disorder

Abstract

Social cognition comprises different aspects of implicit and explicit information processing which take place during social interaction, e. g., implicit attention on social stimuli, emotion recognition, or theory of mind. Deficits in social cognition are associated with disorders that contain symptoms of social interaction deficits, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and conduct disorder (CD). This review gives an overview of the current literature on different aspects of social cognition in ASD and CD focusing on behavioral and fMRI studies.