Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience social cognition to refer to the fundamental abilities to perceive, categorize, remember, analyze, reason with, and behave toward other conspecifics (Adolphs, 2001; Pelphrey, Adolphs, & Morris, 2004). Little is known about the neural correlates of social cognition in children or about the changes in brain function that underlie normative development in this domain. Functional brain correlates or neurobiological markers of social cognition may prove useful in the early identification of children at risk for difficulties in social information processing (e.g., children with autism)
