Special issue: Multiple perspectives on the psychological and neural bases of social cognition.

This special issue challenged researchers to address a number of questions regarding social cognition. What is the definition of social cognition? What are the psychological and neural processes that constitute social cognition? Is there something distinct about social cognition in relation to others kinds of cognition? What are the problems and challenges that face researchers interested in social cognition? The contributions span a wide range of theoretical perspectives and levels of analysis. Many times the answers provided by different contributors converge. Other times new questions are raised by the consideration of social cognition at these multiple levels of analysis.