Theory of mind and the social brain: implications for understanding the genetic basis of schizophrenia

AK Martin, G Robinson, I Dzafic… - Genes, Brain and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies in schizophrenia have recently made significant progress
in our understanding of the complex genetic architecture of this disorder. Many genetic loci …

It's the thought that counts: specific brain regions for one component of theory of mind

R Saxe, LJ Powell - Psychological science, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
… of theory of mind remains distinct in adulthood, then one or more of the brain regions previously
associated with reasoning about other minds … components of theory of mind would be …

Determinants of theory of mind performance in Alzheimer's disease: a data-mining study

S Ramanan, LC de Souza, N Moreau, M Sarazin… - Cortex, 2017 - Elsevier
… Recent studies have showed that performance on some ToM tests might be altered in AD,
though to a lesser extent than in behavioural-variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD). It is …

Executive function mechanisms of theory of mind

FS Ahmed, L Stephen Miller - Journal of autism and developmental …, 2011 - Springer
This study examined the relationship between Executive Function (EF) and Theory of Mind (ToM)
using the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) and three tests of ToM (…

Individual differences in executive function and central coherence predict developmental changes in theory of mind in autism.

E Pellicano - Developmental psychology, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
There is strong evidence to suggest that individuals with autism show atypicalities in multiple
cognitive domains, including theory of mind (ToM), executive function (EF), and central …

The relationship of theory of mind and executive functions to symptom type and severity in children with autism

RM Joseph, H Tager–Flusberg - Development and psychopathology, 2004 - cambridge.org
… Although neurocognitive impairments in theory of mind and in … individual differences in
theory of mind and executive functions … accounted for statistically significant variation in the se- …

Other minds in the brain: a functional imaging study of “theory of mind” in story comprehension

PC Fletcher, F Happe, U Frith, SC Baker, RJ Dolan… - Cognition, 1995 - Elsevier
… left frontal cortex as being critically involved in mentalising. Functions of the medial frontal
… for the occurrence of medial frontal activation in our theory of mind tasks and the conditional …

Emotion processing and theory of mind in schizophrenia patients and their unaffected first-degree relatives

D De Achával, EY Costanzo, M Villarreal, IO Jáuregui… - Neuropsychologia, 2010 - Elsevier
… Regarding Theory of Mind tests, in patients with … and Theory of Mind abnormalities in
individuals at genetic risk for schizophrenia. The current study supports the view that Theory of Mind

Severe impairment in grammar does not preclude theory of mind

R Varley, M Siegal, SC Want - Neurocase, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
theory of mind tasks. We report a replication of this finding using a modified picture theory of
mind … regions, together with damage to the inferior frontal gyrus and the operculum (Fig. 1). …

Social neuroscience and theory of mind

CE Westby - Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 2014 - karger.com
… , the orbital frontal cortex, the inferior lateral frontal gyrus, the … a group with lesions outside
the frontal lobes – on tasks measuring … Variants of the OXTR gene have been associated with …