Impairments in theory of mind shortly after traumatic brain injury and at 1-year follow-up

Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 400-408

  Milders, Maarten ^a   Ietswaart, Magdalena ^a   Crawford, John R ^a   Currie, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive function; Follow up; Recovery; Theory of mind; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATING FLUENCY TEST; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRIXTON SPATIAL ANTICIPATION TASK; CARTOON TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DETERIORATION; DIGIT SYMBOL TASK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAUX PAS TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; THEORY OF MIND; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 33746882780     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.20.4.400     Document Type: Article

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