Sense of agency and mentalizing: Dissociation of subdomains of social cognition in patients with schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Schimansky, Jenny ^a   David, Nicole ^b   Rössler, Wulf ^a   Haker, Helene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action monitoring; Mentalizing; Perspective taking; Self other distinction; Sense of agency; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTALIZING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSE OF AGENCY; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 79958287150     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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