People with social communication disorder (SCD) have difficulty with verbal and nonverbal communication in social situations. The person may have difficulty processing language or understanding ...

Navigating the social maze of human interaction is an art form that even the most charming among us can occasionally fumble.

Language and social cognition are fundamental to human communication. But how do these capacities interact? In a review paper published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, researchers from the Max ...

Social psychologists and communication scholars have long wondered not just who lies the most, but where people tend to lie the most — that is, in person or through some other communication medium. A ...

But it’s hard to conceptualize all this interaction. We coined the term social biome to help people understand how our lives are lived out in everyday communication. A social biome is our ...

A New Set of Communication Barriers. Social technologies have broken the barriers of space and time, enabling us to interact 24/7 with more people than ever before.

However, the social communication impairment portion of autism can remain crippling. For many autistic adults, this is described as difficulty understanding and being understood by other adults.

Social media, for me, is a way to build friendships with people who have similar interests. It’s a non-committed social experience. So, if I’m feeling anxious or stressed, I don’t have to go ...

Social psychologists and communication scholars have long wondered not just who lies the most, but where people tend to lie the most – that is, in person or through some other communication medium.