Analyzing theory of mind impairment in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

AR Giovagnoli, B Bell, A Erbetta, C Paterlini… - Neurological …, 2019 - Springer
… The signs of bvFTD on MRI were asymmetric frontal lobe atrophy in the … the frontal horn of
the lateral ventricle); and abnormal signal intensity in the subcortical white matter of the frontal

The understanding of mental states and the cognitive phenotype of frontal lobe epilepsy

AR Giovagnoli, GM Tallarita, A Parente, C Pastori… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… is important for thinking about others' minds. Under this aspect, the patients with FLE are
quite different from those with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, who are not able to …

Early signatures of and developmental change in brain regions for theory of mind

H Richardson, R Saxe - Neural circuit and cognitive development, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Theory of Mind (ToM)—the intuitive theory by which people understand others’ actions
in terms of their beliefs, desires, and emotions—undergoes dramatic change in childhood…

Neural correlates of theory-of-mind are associated with variation in children's everyday social cognition

CE Mukerji, SH Lincoln, D Dodell-Feder… - Social Cognitive and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Theory of mind (ToM), the capacity to reason about others’ … ToM-related activity in the PC
was negatively associated with variation in … are linked to variation in everyday social cognition. …

The path to fully representational theory of mind: Conceptual, executive, and pragmatic challenges

A Pesch, AD Semenov, SM Carlson - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… in Contents or Location variants. In the Contents task, greater working memory may be
required to hold in mind the various contents and select the correct response among them. …

On the (lack of) association between theory of mind and executive functions: A study in a non-clinical adult sample

M Di Tella, RB Ardito, F Dutto, M Adenzato - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
We investigated in a sample of non-clinical adults the association between Theory of Mind (ToM)
and Executive Functions (EFs), that is the set of skills that allow people to control and …

Theory of mind across lifespan from ages 16 to 81 years

AR Giovagnoli - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Impaired theory of mind (ToM) is a neurobehavioral phenotype of epilepsy. Given
that the age transitions affect cognitive development and decline, it is important to refine ToM …

Toward a hierarchical model of social cognition: A neuroimaging meta-analysis and integrative review of empathy and theory of mind.

M Schurz, J Radua, MG Tholen, L Maliske… - Psychological …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
… across the right frontal cortex, peaking in the inferior frontal gyrus, … found social terms such
as theory of mind, mentalizing, and mental … Although theories proposed several variants of this …

Affective and cognitive theory of mind in Alzheimer's disease: The role of executive functions

H Chainay, F Gaubert - Journal of Clinical and Experimental …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Although there are plenty of studies on affective or cognitive theory of mind (ToM)
in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), few have investigated both these dimensions and even …

The relationship between theory of mind and cognition in Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

ATD Lucena, RK Bhalla… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… It is well established that the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia can undermine
… The following descriptors were used in the review process: theory of mind or mentalizing and …