My belief or yours? Differential theory of mind deficits in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

R Le Bouc, P Lenfant, X Delbeuck, L Ravasi, F Lebert… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Theory of mind reasoning—the ability to understand someone else's mental states,
such as beliefs, intentions and desires—is crucial in social interaction. It has been …

Theory of mind in patients with frontal variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease: theoretical and practical implications

C Gregory, S Lough, V Stone, S Erzinclioglu, L Martin… - Brain, 2002 - academic.oup.com
A key aspect of social cognition is the ability to infer other people's mental states, thoughts
and feelings; referred to as 'theory of mind'(ToM). We tested the hypothesis that the changes …

False-belief understanding in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

D Fernandez-Duque, JA Baird… - Journal of clinical and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The ability to understand other people's behavior in terms of mental states, such as beliefs,
desires, and intentions, is central to social interaction. It has been argued that the …

Frontal and temporo-parietal lobe contributions to theory of mind: neuropsychological evidence from a false-belief task with reduced language and executive demands

IA Apperly, D Samson, C Chiavarino… - Journal of cognitive …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A model of the functional and anatomical basis of belief reasoning is essential for
understanding the relationship between belief reasoning and other cognitive processes in …

Theory of mind in individuals with Alzheimer-type dementia

G Youmans, M Bourgeois - Aphasiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background: Theory of Mind (ToM) ability allows attribution of mental states to
oneself and others. Recent studies suggest that impairment of ToM may be a partial cause of …

Theory of mind in Alzheimer disease: Evidence of authentic impairment during social interaction.

N Moreau, S Rauzy, F Viallet… - …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
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 …

Error analyses reveal contrasting deficits in “theory of mind”: neuropsychological evidence from a 3-option false belief task

D Samson, IA Apperly, GW Humphreys - Neuropsychologia, 2007 - Elsevier
Perspective taking is a crucial ability that guides our social interactions. In this study, we
show how the specific patterns of errors of brain-damaged patients in perspective taking …

Different patterns of theory of mind impairment in mild cognitive impairment

N Moreau, S Rauzy, B Bonnefoi… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Abstract Theory of Mind refers to the ability to infer other's mental states, their beliefs,
intentions, or knowledge. To date, only two studies have reported the presence of Theory of …

Theory of mind in behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis

E Bora, M Walterfang, D Velakoulis - Journal of Neurology …, 2015 - jnnp.bmj.com
Current evidence suggests that neurocognitive testing has limited practical benefit in
distinguishing behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and Alzheimer's …

Theory of mind and pragmatic abilities in dementia

AG Cuerva, L Sabe, G Kuzis, C Tiberti… - Cognitive and …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Objective “Theory of Mind”(ToM) is the capacity to attribute mental states to oneself and to
others and to interpret behavior in terms of mental states. Deficits in both ToM and pragmatic …