Impaired affective and cognitive theory of mind and behavioural change in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1208-1215

  Van Der Hulst, Egberdina Józefa ^a   Bak, Thomas H ^a   Abrahams, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE JUDGEMENT OF PREFERENCE TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND; AFFECT; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AWARENESS; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; THEORY OF MIND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947039544     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-309290     Document Type: Article

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