Social cognition and autism

Key neuroscience and psychology experts will discuss recent views on the foundations of social cognition, and implications for theories for autism – a disorder of social communication.

Both theoretical and methodological developments have contributed to the advancement of knowledge in these areas during the last decades. For example, researchers can now address novel scientific questions using non-invasive technology in human infants and by manipulating brain activity experimentally in adults. In parallel, advancements in genetics have shed important new light on the contribution of biology to social cognition and socio-communicative impairments. As a result, we are now beginning to understand the mechanisms by which we come to understand the actions of other people, and whether these mechanisms are impaired in autism. Nevertheless, many “old” questions remain unanswered. It is the hope that the symposium will inspire young researchers in this field to approach both old and new questions in innovative ways in the future.
 

Participants:
Gunilla Bohlin, The Swedish National Committee for Psychological Sciences
Luciano Fadiga, University of Ferrara and The Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy
Terje Falck-Ytter, Department of Psychology, Uppsala university
György Gergely, Cognitive Development Center, Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary nova, Italy
Francesca Happé, MRC Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK
Claes von Hofsten, Department of Psychology, Uppsala university

Organizer: The Swedish National Committee for Psychological Sciences

Datum: 21 oktober 2013
Tid: Kl 12.30–17.30
Plats: Beijersalen, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
Adress: Lilla Frescativägen 4A
Kostnad: Symposiet är kostnadsfritt och öppet för allmänheten.
Program: http://kva.se/autism
 

Media anmäl deltagande till Perina Stjernlöf, pressansvarig, perina.stjernlof@kva.se, tel. 070-673 96 50.

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