The ability to attribute thoughts and feelings to self and others (theory of mind') has been
hypothesised to have an innate neural basis and a dedicated cognitive mechanism …

It has been suggested that mental states play an important role in determining behaviour
and that mental state attributions (theory of mind') underlie the ability to understand and …

There have been recent suggestions that the amygdala may be involved in the development
or mediation oftheory of mind'. We report a patient, BM, with early or congenital left …

Background. The mind's ability to think about the mind has attracted substantial research
interest in cognitive science in recent decades, as' theory of mind". No research has …

The neuropsychological and functional characterisation of mental state attribution (“theory of
mind”(ToM)) has been the focus of several recent studies. The literature contains opposing …

Theory of Mind (ToM) allows one's own and others' cognitive and emotional mental states to
be inferred. Although many patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) display impaired social …

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate theory of mind (the ability to infer others'
mental states) deficit in 20 patients with mild Alzheimer's disease and 20 healthy controls …

Autism provides a model for exploring the nature of self‐consciousness: self‐consciousness
requires the ability to reflect on mental states, and autism is a disorder with a specific …

Studies in humans suggest that the amygdala plays a role in processing social information.
A key component of social information processing is what developmental psychologists call …

Introduction. Theory of mind (ToM) deficits have recently been associated with executive
dysfunction and frontal brain damage. This case study investigated ToM ability and its …