Age effects on different components of theory of mind

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 627-642

  Duval, Céline ^a   Piolino, Pascale ^a,b,c   Bejanin, Alexandre ^a   Eustache, Francis ^a   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive affective theory of mind; Episodic memory; Executive functions; Normal aging; Objective subjective assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TASK; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051665017     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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