Social Cognition and Artificial Intelligence

Dear Colleagues,

Social cognition is central to human intelligence. This Special Issue aims to bring together interdisciplinary work on the relationship between social cognition and artificial intelligence. We welcome empirical, theoretical, computational, and review articles that examine how AI can illuminate the mechanisms of human social cognition, and how theories and methods from psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and behavioral science can inform the development and evaluation of socially intelligent AI. Topics may include, but are not limited to, Theory of Mind, social perception, affective computing, human–AI interaction, human–robot interaction, multi-agent interaction, social reasoning, social learning, AI-based assessment of social cognition, and ethical or societal implications of socially intelligent systems.

The Special Issue will supplement existing literature by creating a focused forum for connecting human intelligence research with contemporary AI methods. Rather than treating AI only as an engineering problem or social cognition only as a human psychological capacity, this Special Issue emphasizes their reciprocal relationship: AI systems provide new computational tools and experimental platforms for studying social cognition, while social cognition research provides theoretical foundations and evaluation standards for building human-compatible, socially responsible AI.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Yujia Peng
Dr. Lifeng Fan
Guest Editors

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