Putting things into perspective: the nature and impact of theory of mind impairment in Huntington’s disease

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 264, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 697-705

  Eddy, Clare M ^a,b   Sira Mahalingappa, Sridevi ^a,b   Rickards, Hugh E ^a,b  

^a Department of Neuropsychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive function; Functional capacity; Huntington s disease; Movement disorders; Perspective taking; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; AGED; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84896421528     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-014-0498-4     Document Type: Article

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