Authors : Leema Jacob, K. Jayasankara Reddy
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijn.2023.025
Volume : 9
Issue : 3
Year : 2023
Page No : 118-121
Social cognitive development has much to do with thoughts and beliefs about the external world where adolescents live in society. Social cognition encompasses beliefs about oneself and others and the beliefs about the specific understanding of people. Social cognition begins to develop in childhood and gradually widens its development into adolescence. In this period, they become more conscious about their own feelings as well as the feelings and emotions of others. The development of social cognition during adolescence is one of the most important milestones of adolescent development. Disruption in the development of social cognition may lead to severe psychopathological conditions characterized by severe social isolation and social discomfort. This review article tries to discuss the neuro-biological background of social cognition and its development in adolescents with the help of a narrative approach. The study’s findings indicate that social cognition includes signals from the brain that enable adolescents to learn and understand the social world. Those signals are facial expressions, theory of mind (ToM), emotions, and understanding social norms.
Keywords: Social cognition, Neuronal development, Adolescence, Social brain