Perspective-taking refers to the ability to recognize another person's point of view. Crucial to
the development of interpersonal relationships and prosocial behavior, perspective-taking is …

Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is the second leading cognitive
disorder caused by neurodegeneration in patients under 65 years of age. Characterized by …

Semantic dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the
amodal and profound loss of semantic knowledge attributable to the degeneration of the left …

Loss of empathy is a core presenting feature of the behavioral-variant of frontotemporal
dementia (bvFTD), resulting in socioemotional difficulties and behavioral transgressions. In …

Affect sharing and prosocial motivation are integral parts of empathy that are conceptually
and mechanistically distinct. We used a neurodegenerative disease (NDG) lesion model to …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are the most common
neurodegenerative earlyonset dementias. Despite the fact that both conditions have a very …

Impaired capacity for Theory of Mind (ToM) represents one of the hallmark features of the
behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and is suggested to underpin an …

Abstract Theory of mind (ToM) refers broadly to our understanding of others' complex
emotions and mental states. Deficits in ToM are widely regarded as one of the key defining …

Background Neurodegenerative diseases might affect social cognition in various ways
depending on their components (theory of mind, emotional processing, attribution bias, and …

In the past 20 years, research on social cognitive function has grown exponentially,
reflecting an increased recognition that social cognitive skills are critical for communicative …