In two minds: executive functioning versus theory of mind in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia

M Bertoux, C O'Callaghan, B Dubois… - Journal of Neurology …, 2016 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background The relationship of executive function (EF) and theory of mind (ToM) deficits in
neurodegeneration is still debated. There is contradicting evidence as to whether these …

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

AR Giovagnoli, B Bell, A Erbetta, C Paterlini… - Neurological …, 2019 - Springer
Objective Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and theory of mind (ToM)
have common neuroanatomical aspects. This pilot study analyzed the qualitative features of …

Differential cognitive and affective theory of mind abilities at mild and moderate stages of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

T Torralva, E Gleichgerrcht, MJT Ardila… - Cognitive and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To study the affective and cognitive components of theory of mind (ToM)
performance in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), focusing …

FRONTIER Executive Screen: a brief executive battery to differentiate frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

FVC Leslie, D Foxe, N Daveson… - Journal of Neurology …, 2016 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background and objective Executive dysfunctions are a key clinical feature of behavioural-
variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). Such deficits are also found in Alzheimer's …

Theory of mind in behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis

E Bora, M Walterfang, D Velakoulis - Journal of Neurology …, 2015 - jnnp.bmj.com
Current evidence suggests that neurocognitive testing has limited practical benefit in
distinguishing behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and Alzheimer's …

So close yet so far: executive contribution to memory processing in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

M Bertoux, S Ramanan, A Slachevsky… - Journal of …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Background: Memory impairment in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is
traditionally considered to be mild and attributed to prefrontal cortex dysfunction. Recent …

Assessing the dysexecutive syndrome in dementia

DA Gansler, ED Huey, JJ Pan, E Wasserman… - Journal of Neurology …, 2017 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective We compared performance on tests of dysexecutive behaviour (DB) and executive
function (EF) in patients with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), primary …

Isolated theory of mind deficits and risk for frontotemporal dementia: a longitudinal pilot study

M Pardini, LE Gialloreti, M Mascolo… - Journal of Neurology …, 2013 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective Recent data suggest that theory of mind (ToM) deficits represent an early symptom
of the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). However, longitudinal data …

Dissociable executive functions in behavioral variant frontotemporal and Alzheimer dementias

KL Possin, D Feigenbaum, KP Rankin, GE Smith… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine which aspects of executive functions
are most affected in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and best …

The relationship between executive functions and theory of mind: a long and winding road

M Roca - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2016 - jnnp.bmj.com
The term Theory of Mind (ToM) refers to the ability to infer others' mental states, and it has
been related to frontal functioning. This brain area is also supposed to support Executive …