Social cognition in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS).

The article presents a study which examines the association of pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with social cognitive deficits. Facial affect recognition of participants with pediatric-onset MS compared to a group of age- and gender matched healthy controls was measured on Theory of Mind (ToM) task performance. The study concludes that social cognition may represent an area of cognitive functioning that MS has affected in the pediatric-onset population.