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EnglishBACKGROUND: Theory of Mind (ToM), defined as the ability to attribute mental states to one’s self and others, plays a key role in driving behaviour and social interactions. An issue under current debate is whether the behavioural problems usually reported in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and, in a more subtle form, in other neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., motor neurone disease, MND), may at least partially be the result of an impairment in ToM. METHODS: The study investigated the attribution of social versus private intentions in small groups of FTD and MND patients, using a task in which participants had to choose the most appropriate endings for comic strips. The comic strips depicted: social interactions between characters; private actions performed by a single character; or causal links amongst objects, with no characters involved. RESULTS: Single case analysis showed the difficulty of some patients to attribute social (but not private) intentions to characters correctly. DISCUSSION: These findings suggest that attributing social intentions to others may require a cognitive integrity that is affected by these neurodegenerative diseases, leading to a difficulty in correctly interpreting and managing social interactions.
| Titolo: | Theory of Mind in Neurodegenerative Diseases | |
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| Autori: | Marco Cavallo; Sharon Abrahams; Ivan Enrici; Sarah E. MacPherson; Mauro Adenzato | |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2008 | |
| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Theory of Mind (ToM), defined as the ability to attribute mental states to one’s self and others, plays a key role in driving behaviour and social interactions. An issue under current debate is whether the behavioural problems usually reported in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and, in a more subtle form, in other neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., motor neurone disease, MND), may at least partially be the result of an impairment in ToM. METHODS: The study investigated the attribution of social versus private intentions in small groups of FTD and MND patients, using a task in which participants had to choose the most appropriate endings for comic strips. The comic strips depicted: social interactions between characters; private actions performed by a single character; or causal links amongst objects, with no characters involved. RESULTS: Single case analysis showed the difficulty of some patients to attribute social (but not private) intentions to characters correctly. DISCUSSION: These findings suggest that attributing social intentions to others may require a cognitive integrity that is affected by these neurodegenerative diseases, leading to a difficulty in correctly interpreting and managing social interactions. | |
| Titolo del libro: | Atti del First Meeting of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology (ESN) | |
| Pagina iniziale: | 175 | |
| Pagina finale: | 175 | |
| Nome del convegno: | First Meeting of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology (ESN) | |
| Luogo del convegno: | Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) | |
| Anno del convegno: | 2-5 September 2008 | |
| Parole Chiave: | Behavioural problems; frontotemporal dementia; intention; motor neurone disease; Theory of Mind. | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 04C-Slides / Presentazione a convegno |
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