Theory of mind ability in the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia: An analysis of the neural, cognitive, and social levels

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-12

  Adenzato, Mauro ^a,b   Cavallo, Marco ^a,c   Enrici, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NIT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Medial frontal cortex; Neuropsychiatric disorders; Social cognition; Social cognitive neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA; REVIEW; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 71549156853     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.08.001     Document Type: Review

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