"Theory of mind" is impaired in Huntington's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 671-678

  Brüne, Martin ^a   Blank, Karina ^a,b   Witthaus, Henning ^a   Saft, Carsten ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; Neurocognition; Schizophrenia; Social functioning; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79954993751     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23494     Document Type: Article

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