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SOCIAL COGNITION FOLLOWING SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Skye McDonald, PhD
Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology,University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia

This workshop is designed for clinicians and researchers who are interested in the clinical implications of social cognition disorders following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Interpersonal and psychosocial disturbances are prevalent following severe traumatic brain injury and a major barrier to successful reintegration. In this workshop, four domains of social cognition will be discussed: (1) disorders in emotion perception affecting recognition of emotion in face and voice; (2) disorders in theory of mind judgments; (3) disorders in empathy; (4) disorders in the comprehension of conversational inference. In each case, we will commence with an overview of how the problem has been conceptualized and measured, followed by discussion of theoretical explanations for the disorder from both a neuroanatomical and neuropsychological viewpoint. Emerging evidence regarding impaired emotional reactivity will be reviewed and we will consider the relationship between emotional responsiveness and social information processing. As a result of this workshop it is expected that participants will have (1) a clear overview of the nature and extent of emotion perception, ToM and empathy disorders following severe TBI; (2) be aware of current thinking about the relationship between affective responses and social cognition; (3) understand how these social deficits can translate into poor communicative skills.