Empathy accounts for the naturally occurring subjective experience of similarity between the
feelings expressed by self and others without loosing sight of whose feelings belong to …

The clinical signs grouped under the concept of apathy are a common feature of prefrontal
and basal ganglia lesions or dysfunctions and can therefore help to improve our …

Moral cognitive neuroscience is an emerging field of research that focuses on the neural
basis of uniquely human forms of social cognition and behaviour. Recent functional imaging …

This volume has as its primary aim the examination of issues concerning executive function
and frontal lobe development. While many texts have addressed these issues, this is the first …

INTRODUCTION:“Theory of Mind”(ToM), ie, the ability to infer other persons' mental states, is
a key function of social cognition. It is increasingly recognized to form a multidimensional …

Abstract Theory of mind (ToM) and executive functioning (EF) show marked interrelatedness
across childhood, and developmental psychologists have long been interested in …

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a focal clinical syndrome characterised by profound
changes in personality and social conduct and associated with circumscribed degeneration …

During the past decade, a rising interest has emerged in aspects of the broad construct of
executive function (EF) in childhood. This has transpired as research has discovered that the …

The paper reviews of all of the current evidence on Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in patients
with neurodegenerative diseases. ToM refers to the abilities to attribute mental states to …

Although numerous studies of preschoolers report robust associations between
performance on tests of executive function (EF) and theory of mind (ToM), a lack of …