In other words, by social cognition we mean our thoughts about the social relationships we build throughout our lives. As we form social relationships, our brain stores information about these experiences. How we interpret this information will determine our future social behavior.
What is social cognition for?
Thanks to social cognition we are able to interpret other people’s emotions, think about why someone might be happy or sad, and put ourselves in their shoes in a given situation to know what they may be thinking or how they will react if we do or say something specific.
NeuronUP exercises to rehabilitate social cognition
Two very useful NeuronUP activities for working on social cognition are the following. The first one (left image) involves deciding which reaction is correct in certain situations. The second one (right image) involves recognizing the emotions shown in photographs.
