The phenomenon of social cognition has received extensive research interest from psychologists. Perhaps one of the earliest documentation of the connection between social impairments and neurology is Phineas Gage’s case study. Gage suffered a major lesion in his frontal lobe from a workplace accident. He reportedly retained his memory, language, IQ and perception but have undergone radical change in his personality. He became uncaring, socially inappropriate and engaged in risk situations. This evidence allows us to speculate the significant role of frontal cortex in social judgement (Damasio, H. et al., 1994). Autism could be considered as an additional evidence. This developmental disorder known to impair social abilities and subjects exhibit
