Mentalizing impairment in schizophrenia: A functional MRI study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 158-164

  Das, Pritha ^a,b,c   Lagopoulos, Jim ^a,b,c   Coulston, Carissa M ^a,b   Henderson, Antony F ^a,b   Malhi, Gin S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

FMRI; Mentalizing; Schizophrenia; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMPLICIT MEMORY; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856287226     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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