Social cognition and theory of mind: Controversies and promises for understanding major psychiatric disorders

Psychology and Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-351

  Martins Jr , Flavio Eduardo ^a,b   Sanvicente Vieira, Breno ^c   Grassi Oliveira, Rodrigo ^c   Brietzke, Elisa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; ONTOGENY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION;

EID: 84855320095     PISSN: 19843054     EISSN: 19833288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2011.3.008     Document Type: Article

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