Investigating trajectories linking social cognitive capacity, bias, and social isolation using computational modeling.

ABSTRACT: Despite theoretical emphasis on loneliness affecting social information processing, empirical studies lack consensus. We previously adopted a clinical science framework to measure the association between social cognitive capacity and bias and both objective and perceived social isolation in nonclinical participants. Our prior study found that while objective social isolation is linked to both social cognitive capacity and social cognitive bias, loneliness is associated only with the latter. This study extended our previous model using a computational approach to capture implicit cognitive processes. We replicated and extended our earlier findings with a new sample of 271 participants, using neuropsychological tasks and a dot-probe paradigm that was analyzed via Drift Diffusion Model. We pr

SUBMITTER: Maka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11756555 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature