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 ...

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 ...

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 communication disorder, also called pragmatic language disorder, is a new entry to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Before that, the ...

Outgoing people will be proactive and enthusiastic in social settings, often engaging more readily with others (consider the same networking session with the person standing in a circle of others ...

Social groups are often organized hierarchically, where status differences and bonds between members shape the group's dynamic. To better understand how bonding influences communication within ...

People can use social media to stay connected to long-distance friends and family members or improve communication with their partners, children, and healthcare professionals.

The more people understand how communication produces the social reality we live in, the more empowered people become in defining their own reality. Rather than blindly accepting that, “that’s the way ...