Exploring social cognition in patients with apathy following acquired brain damage

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Njomboro, Progress ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^b   Deb, Shoumitro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apathy; Brain damage; Emotion perception; Moral reasoning; Social awareness; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND; ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84896736033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-18     Document Type: Article

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