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 …

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 …

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…

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 …

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. …

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 …

Planning with theory of mind

MK Ho, R Saxe, F Cushman - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
… Here we consider the implications of planning for why people have Theory of Mind and
how it is structured. First, Theory of Mind is a single unified causal model that can be used to …

Evaluation of discriminative detection abilities of social cognition measures for the diagnosis of the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: a systematic review

A Dodich, C Crespi, GC Santi, SF Cappa… - Neuropsychology …, 2021 - Springer
The use of social tasks in the neuropsychological assessment of the behavioral variant of
frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is at present not required by diagnostic guidelines, despite …

Theory of mind deficits and neurophysiological operations in autism spectrum disorders: a review

M Andreou, V Skrimpa - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Theory of Mind (ToM) is a multifaceted skill set which encompasses a variety of cognitive
and neurobiological aspects. ToM deficits have long been regarded as one of the most …