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What is social cognition (emotional perception, perception of social cues, theory of mind, understanding social norms). Review the literature on social cognition in the dementias including Alzheimer’s Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions including Motor Neurone disease, Parkinson’s disease. Can the study of these diseases tell us anything about social cognition? References Girardi A, Macpherson SE, Abrahams S. (2011). Deficits in emotional and social cognition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neuropsychology, 25(1), 53-65. Adenzato M, Cavallo M, Enrici I. (2010). Theory of mind ability in the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia: an analysis of the neural, cognitive, and social levels. Neuropsychologia;48(1), 2-12