title: Social neuroscience: undoing the schism between neurology and psychiatry.
abstract: Multiple disorders once jointly conceived as "nervous diseases" became segregated by the distinct institutional traditions forged in neurology and psychiatry. As a result, each field specialized in the study and treatment of a subset of such conditions. Here we propose new avenues for interdisciplinary interaction through a triangulation of both fields with social neuroscience. To this end, we review evidence from five relevant domains (facial emotion recognition, empathy, theory of mind, moral cognition, and social context assessment), highlighting their common disturbances across neurological and psychiatric conditions and discussing their multiple pathophysiological mechanisms. Our proposal is anchored in multidimensional evidence, including behavioral, neurocognitive, and genetic findings. From a clinical perspective, this work paves the way for dimensional and transdiagnostic approaches, new pharmacological treatments, and educational innovations rooted in a combined neuropsychiatric training. Research-wise, it fosters new models of the social brain and a novel platform to explore the interplay of cognitive and social functions. Finally, we identify new challenges for this synergistic framework.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (LPEN), Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCyT), INECO Foundation , Favaloro University , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|b National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|c Center for Social and Cognitive Neuroscience (CSCN), School of Psychology , Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez , Santiago de Chile , Chile.|d Universidad Autónoma del Caribe , Barranquilla , Colombia.|e Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders , Australian Research Council (ACR) , Sydney , Australia.
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6758-5101
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (LPEN), Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCyT), INECO Foundation , Favaloro University , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|b National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|f Faculty of Elementary and Special Education (FEEyE) , National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo) , Mendoza , Argentina.
authors.forename: Adolfo M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (LPEN), Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCyT), INECO Foundation , Favaloro University , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Sol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esteves
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (LPEN), Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCyT), INECO Foundation , Favaloro University , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|b National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Adrián
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoris
authors.affiliation: g Departamento de Lingüística y Literatura, Facultad de Humanidades , Universidad de Santiago de Chile , Santiago , Chile.
authors.forename: Edinson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (LPEN), Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCyT), INECO Foundation , Favaloro University , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Lucila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reynaldo
authors.affiliation: h Unit of Applied Neurobiology (UNA, CEMIC) , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Marcos Luis
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pietto
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (LPEN), Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCyT), INECO Foundation , Favaloro University , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adolfi
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (LPEN), Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCyT), INECO Foundation , Favaloro University , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|b National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|e Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders , Australian Research Council (ACR) , Sydney , Australia.|i Department of Experimental Psychology , University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , USA.
authors.forename: Facundo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D009462:Neurology; D009488:Neurosciences; D011570:Psychiatry; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: Social neuroscience; neurology; neuropsychiatry; psychiatry