Attribution of intentions to others in people with schizophrenia: a non-verbal exploration with comic strips

Sarfati, Yves; Hardy-Baylé, Marie-Christine; Besche, Chrystel; Widlöcher, Daniel

doi:10.1016/s0920-9964(97)00025-x

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“…Comic-strip task: Attribution of intentions to others (Sarfati et al, 1997). The task designed by Sarfati et al was used to assess ToM without language.…”

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“…However, a review of the literature concerning ToM impairments in SZ emphasises the complexity of the processes studied and the inherent difficulty of studying them. Indeed, ToM is typically operationalised in research as participants' ability to understand false beliefs (first-and second-order beliefs such as I believe Paul thinks it's raining) in complex stories (Happe, Brownell, & Winner, 1999) or in cartoons (Sarfati, Hardy-Bayle, Besche, & Widlocher, 1997). Except for recent studies (Russell, Reynaud, Herba, Morris, & Corcoran, 2006;Stewart, Corcoran, & Drake, 2008), all studies of ToM in SZ have used the same tasks, such as the hinting task (Corcoran, Mercer, & Frith, 1995) or the Faux-Pas task (Baron-Cohen, O'Riordan, Stone, Jones, & Plaisted, 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To this end, a referential communication task (Clark & Wilkes-Gibbs, 1986) was used to address attribution and comprehension of mental states, such as shared knowledge, in a natural communication situation. A classical nonverbal ToM task (Sarfati et al, 1997) was also used to measure the task effect.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…If the ToM impairments previously evidenced in SZ individuals were task dependent, SZ participants would be expected to perform worse than healthy control (HC) participants on a classical ToM task (Sarfati et al, 1997) but as well as HC participants on the referential communication task. By contrast, if SZ individuals' ToM impairments were not task dependent, they would be expected to perform worse than HC participants on both tasks.…”

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Introduction. Many studies have reported that individuals with schizophrenia (SZ) may have impaired social cognition, resulting in communication disorders and theory of mind (ToM) impairments. However, the classical tasks used to assess impaired ToM ability are too complex. The aim of this study was to assess ToM ability using both a classical task and a referential communication task that reproduces a ''natural'' conversation situation. Methods. Thirty-one participants with schizophrenia and 29 matched healthy participants were tested individually on a referential communication task and on a standard ToM task. Results and Conclusion. The main results showed that SZ participants had difficulties using reference markers and attributing mental states in both ToM tasks. Contrary to healthy participants, they exhibited a tendency to ineffectively mark the information they used (indefinite articles for old information and/or definite articles for new information) and had problems using information they shared with the experimenter.

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“…Comic-strip task: Attribution of intentions to others (Sarfati et al, 1997). The task designed by Sarfati et al was used to assess ToM without language.…”

Section: Theory Of Mind Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Sarfati et collaborateurs ont mis au point un protocole utilisant des bandes dessinees, sans aucun materiel verbal (42,43 (47) obtient les memes types de resultats : une difficulte des patients schizophrenes (DSM-III-R) avec (n = 18) ou sans (n = 28) difficultes intellectuelles it inferer les fausses croyances, surtout chez les patients presentant la symptomatologie negative la plus marquee (49). …”

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Are there theory of mind regions in the brain? A review of the neuroimaging literature

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2008

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There have been many functional imaging studies of the brain basis of theory of mind (ToM) skills, but the findings are heterogeneous and implicate anatomical regions as far apart as orbitofrontal cortex and the inferior parietal lobe. The functional imaging studies are reviewed to determine whether the diverse findings are due to methodological factors. The studies are considered according to the paradigm employed (e.g., stories vs. cartoons and explicit vs. implicit ToM instructions), the mental state(s) investigated, and the language demands of the tasks. Methodological variability does not seem to account for the variation in findings, although this conclusion may partly reflect the relatively small number of studies. Alternatively, several distinct brain regions may be activated during ToM reasoning, forming an integrated functional "network." The imaging findings suggest that there are several "core" regions in the network-including parts of the prefrontal cortex and superior temporal sulcus-while several more "peripheral" regions may contribute to ToM reasoning in a manner contingent on relatively minor aspects of the ToM task.

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Attribution of intentions to others in people with schizophrenia: a non-verbal exploration with comic strips

Cited by 269 publications

References 33 publications

Do patients with schizophrenia attribute mental states in a referential communication task?

Do patients with schizophrenia attribute mental states in a referential communication task?

Déficit en théorie de l'esprit dans la schizophrénie: Relecture clinique et revue des arguments expérimentaux

Are there theory of mind regions in the brain? A review of the neuroimaging literature

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