Theory of mind and language comprehension in schizophrenia: Poor mindreading affects figurative language comprehension beyond intelligence deficits

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-69

  Gavilán, José M ^a   García Albea, José E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Figurative language; General intelligence; Language comprehension; Pragmatics; Schizophrenia; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SEX RATIO; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77958472315     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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