Testing the domain-specificity of a theory of mind deficit in brain-injured patients: Evidence for consistent performance on non-verbal, "reality-unknown" false belief and false photograph tasks

Cognition

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 300-321

  Apperly, Ian A ^a   Samson, Dana ^a   Chiavarino, Claudia ^a   Bickerton, Wai Ling ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domain specificity; False belief; False photograph; Metarepresentation; Social cognitive neuroscience; Temporo parietal junction; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847105960     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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