Theory of mind impairment in patients with behavioural variant fronto-temporal dementia (bv-FTD) increases caregiver burden

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 891-895

  Guevara, Andrea Brioschi ^a,b   Knutson, Kristine M ^b   Wassermann, Eric M ^b   Pulaski, Sarah ^b   Grafman, Jordan ^c   Krueger, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Faux pas task; Frontal cortex; Older people; Theory of mind; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FAUX PAS TASK; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ATROPHY; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ATROPHY; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84940654641     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv059     Document Type: Article

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