While the discussion on the foundations of social understanding mainly revolves around the
notions of empathy, affective mentalizing, and cognitive mentalizing, their degree of overlap …

Social cognition refers to a set of processes, ranging from perception to decision‐making,
underlying the ability to decode others' intentions and behaviors to plan actions fitting with …

Abstract Theory of mind (ToM), the ability to understand and reason about mental states, has
been extensively studied in young children and clinical populations. A growing interest in …

Objective: Theory of mind (ToM) is the ability to infer others' mental (Cognitive) and
emotional (Affective) states, both being impaired in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the …

It is known that patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) may show deficits in several areas of
cognition, including speech and language abilities. One domain of particular interest is …

Introduction Harmonized neuropsychological assessment for neurocognitive disorders, an
international priority for valid and reliable diagnostic procedures, has been achieved only in …

While the action observation and mentalizing networks are considered to play
complementary roles in understanding others' goals and intentions, they might be …

Objective Cognitive functions have been largely investigated in multiple sclerosis. Less
attention has been paid to social communication abilities, despite their presumptive affect on …

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 …

Cognitive and affective theory of mind (ToM) can be impaired in the course of
neurodegenerative dementias. Experimental tests based on different task conditions and/or …