The role of emotion and social cognition in communication disorders

社会神经科学是一个迅速兴起的领域，它已经确定了大脑额叶系统对社会认知至关重要，即处理特定社会信息的能力。额叶损伤引起的交流障碍也与这一领域直接相关，但迄今为止一直被忽视。这个项目代表了最前沿的研究，使澳大利亚在这一努力的最前沿。这项研究不仅在理论上很重要，而且对澳大利亚每年遭受脑损伤并因此遭受心理社会障碍的数千人的临床管理和补救直接相关。

Social neuroscience is a rapidly emerging field that has identified the frontal systems of the brain as critical to social cognition, i.e. the ability to process specifically social information. Communication disorders also arising from frontal lobe damage are directly relevant to this field but have been ignored to date. This project represents cutting edge research putting Australia at the forefront in this endeavour. Not only is this research theoretically important but it is directly relevant to clinical management and remediation of the thousands of people in Australia who suffer brain injury annually and who suffer psychosocial disorders as a result.