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Investigating the genetic basis of theory of mind (ToM): the role of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene polymorphisms. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
The ability to deduce other persons' mental states and emotions which has been termed 'theory of mind (ToM)' is highly heritable. First molecular genetic studies focused on some dopamine-related genes, while the genetic basis underlying different ...
Haiwei Xia, Nan Wu, Yanjie Su
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Affective theory of mind in patients with Parkinson's disease [PDF]

open access: yesPsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2013
AimThe aim of this study was to assess the hypothesis that patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) may have difficulties in tasks of affective theory of mind (ToM; the inference on others’ feelings) especially in moderate/advanced PD stages. Difficulties of cognitive ToM have already been described in several previous studies.MethodsAffective ToM was ...
Poletti, Michele   +4 more
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The effect of reading literary fiction on theory of mind. [PDF]

open access: yesThe Young Researcher, 2020
Theory of Mind is the ability to make inferences about the mental states of others. A positive cor- relation was drawn between theory of mind and language.
Werner, J.
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Theory of mind impairments in patients with semantic dementia.: ToM in semantic dementia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
International audienceSemantic dementia is characterized by semantic deficits and behavioural abnormalities that occur in the wake of bilateral inferolateral and predominantly left-sided anterior temporal lobe atrophy.
Duval, Céline   +7 more
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Effect of Social Cognitive Skills Training (SCST) on Cognitive and Affective Theory of Mind in Adolescents [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Research in Rehabilitation
Social cognitive skills training (SCST) in a therapeutic setup can result in more positive outcomes when incorporated with psychotherapy, especially among adolescents with minor social-cognitive impairments, and it may result in multifarious benefits ...
Leema Jacob, Jayasankara Reddy
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The trajectory change of theory of mind in the elderly

open access: yesКонсультативная психология и психотерапия, 2016
Theory of mind is viewed as a cognitive mechanism of social cognition. Features of social cognition and theory of mind are differentiated. Studies of cognitive and affective components of theory of mind in old age are summarized. Heterogeneous changes of
Melehin A.I.
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Impaired empathy, but intact theory of mind [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Aggressive, violent behaviour is a major burden and challenge for society. It has been linked to deficits in social understanding, but the evidence is inconsistent and the specifics of such deficits are unclear.
Bermpohl, Felix   +4 more
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Theory of mind affects the interpretation of another person's focus of attention [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
AbstractPeople are drawn to social, animate things more than inanimate objects. Previous research has also shown gaze following in humans, a process that has been linked to theory of mind (ToM). In three experiments, we investigated whether animacy and ToM are involved when making judgements about the location of a cursor in a scene.
Dawson, Jessica   +2 more
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Comprensione vs. produzione del sarcasmo: il ruolo delle capacità affettive e argomentative in età evolutiva

open access: yesRivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia, 2021
Children start comprehending and producing their first ironic expressions quite early especially in the family environment. The comprehension and the production of irony require linguistic, pragmatic, social and communicative capacities as well as ...
Roberta Cocco, Francesca Ervas
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The Emerging Role of Interdisciplinarity in Clinical Psychoanalysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Given the tight interconnections proposed between brain and psyche, psychoanalysis was conceptualized as an interdisciplinary theory right from the beginning.
Dagmar Steinmair   +2 more
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