Results from recent functional neuroimaging studies suggest that facial expressions of pain
trigger empathic mimicry responses in the observer, in the sense of an activation in the pain …

Impaired ability to infer the mental states of others (theory of mind; ToM) is considered to be
a key contributor to the poor social functioning of patients with schizophrenia. Although …

The majority of individuals evaluate themselves as superior to average. This is a cognitive
bias known as the “superiority illusion.” This illusion helps us to have hope for the future and is …

In sentencing guilty defendants, jurors and judges weigh 'mitigating circumstances', which
create sympathy for a defendant. Here we use functional magnetic resonance imaging to …

The anterior cingulate gyrus (ACG) is a critical structure for social cognitive processing; the
pathology of this structure might be a major source of social dysfunction in schizophrenia. …

Objective Neuropsychiatric symptoms affect many patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). (
11 C)Pittsburgh Compound-B (PIB) positron emission tomography (PET) has enabled the in …

Background: The putative neural bases of affected episodic memory and emotional recognition
in early Alzheimer’s disease are suspected to be limbic and paralimbic pathological …

Impaired social cognition in schizophrenia is considered as the core contributor in the poor
psychosocial functioning of schizophrenic patients. In this study, in order to better understand …

The role of dopamine D1 receptors in prefrontal cortex function, including working memory,
is well acknowledged. However, relatively little is known about their role in other cognitive or …

The receptor tyrosine kinase Ror2 acts as a receptor for Wnt5a to mediate noncanonical
Wnt signaling, and it plays essential roles in morphogenesis. Ror2 −/− embryos exhibit …