Reframing neuropsychological fndings, interper - sonal defcits and cognitive processes in the case of borderline personality disorder 1 MedDocs Publishers Received: Apr 22, 2019 Accepted: May 28, 2019 Published Online: May 31, 2019 Journal: Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Publisher: MedDocs Publishers LLC Online editon: htp://meddocsonline.org/ Copyright: © Stratakou GD (2019). This Artcle is distrib- uted under the terms of Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License *Corresponding Author(s): Georgia Dim Stratakou Phychologist, M. Res, MBACP (registered), Sparta, Greece Email: georgia.stratakou@gmail.com Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Open Access | Review Artcle Cite this artcle: Stratakou GD, Plerou A. Reframing neuropsychological fndings, interpersonal defcits and cogni- tve processes in the case of borderline personality disorder. J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2019; 2(1): 1025. Abstract Empirical evidence and therapeutc interactons have suggested that individuals with Borderline Personality Dis- order (BPD) may demonstrate defcits in neuropsychological cognitve and interpersonal aspects. ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ term refers to a psychiatric syndrome that is char- acterized by emoton dysregulaton, impulsivity, risk-taking behavior, irritability, feelings of emptness, self-injury, and fear of abandonment, as well as unstable interpersonal re- latonships. Many typical symptoms of Borderline Personal- ity Disorder occur within interpersonal contexts, suggestng that BPD is characterized by aberrant social cogniton. To assess the empirical evidence and evaluate Borderline Per- sonality Disorder impact under social and emotonal cog- niton efect, Borderline Disorder symptoms and etology percepton are strongly involved. Studies concerning be- havioral and neural underpinnings of the disorder, cognitve processes that help people to interact efectvely with each other depending upon the exchange of social signs based on social cogniton theory, are also discussed. Authors main objectve is to review the infuence of neuropsychological cognitve and interpersonal features, within the frame of cognitve functons as well as under emotonal and social cogniton infuence. Georgia Dim Stratakou 1 *; Antonia Plerou 2 1 Phychologist, M.Res, MBACP (registered), Sparta, Greece 2 Bioinformatcs and Human Electrophysiology Laboratory, Department of Informatcs, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece Keywords: Borderline personality disorder; Brain scanning; Social cogniton; Cogniton enhancement Introducton Cognitve psychology or else cognitve neuroscience is relat- ed with the percepton of basic component processes of percep- ton, atenton, categorizaton, discriminaton, generalizaton, learning, memory, as well as how these processes work togeth- er, how they are afected by emoton and the conditons under which they are disrupted. Almost every symptomatc aspects of Borderline Personality Disorder refect the outcome of some atypical cogniton. In additon, a key point in order to perceive Borderline Disorder is the potental interactons between cog- niton and emoton [1]. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by a pervasive instability of interpersonal rela- tonships, afects, self-image, marked impulsivity, dissociaton, and psychotc symptoms. The empirical evidence from studies of cognitve processes, brain functon, atachment, and disso- ciaton that support this theory are reviewed and discussed [2]. However, research has focused increasingly on developmental precursors to psychological disorders that were previously as- sumed to emerge only in adulthood [3].