Cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in neurodegenerative diseases: Neuropsychological, neuroanatomical and neurochemical levels

Poletti, Michele; Enrici, Ivan; Adenzato, Mauro

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.07.004

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“…One recommendation for ensuring greater consistency in the literature is therefore for researchers to be precise about the temporal stage of EP or subtype of ToM that they are referring to. Thus standard adoption of qualifying terms like cognitive ToM or affective ToM would seem prudent (Poletti, Enrici, & Adenzato, 2012).…”

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The overlapping relationship between emotion perception and theory of mind

2015

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Socio-cognitive skills are crucial for successful interpersonal interactions. Two particularly important socio-cognitive processes are emotion perception (EP) and theory of mind (ToM), but agreement is lacking on terminology and conceptual links between these constructs. Here we seek to clarify the relationship between the two at multiple levels, from concept to neuroanatomy. EP is often regarded as a low-level perceptual process necessary to decode affective cues, while ToM is usually seen as a higher-level cognitive process involving mental state deduction. In information processing models, EP tends to precede ToM. At the neuroanatomical level, lesion study data suggest that EP and ToM are both right-hemisphere based, but there is also evidence that ToM requires temporal-cingulate networks, whereas EP requires partially separable regions linked to distinct emotions. Common regions identified in fMRI studies of EP and ToM have included medial prefrontal cortex and temporal lobe areas, but differences emerge depending on the perceptual, cognitive and emotional demands of the EP and ToM tasks. For the future, clarity of definition of EP and ToM will be paramount to produce distinct task manipulations and inform models of sociocognitive processing.

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The overlapping relationship between emotion perception and theory of mind

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“…5 Following pioneering work in autism, 6 social cognitive impairment has been reported in a range of psychiatric, developmental, and neurodegenerative disorders. [7][8][9][10] In this review, we focus on theory of mind (ToM) and facial emotion recognition, 2 core aspects of social cognition that have been the subject of recent research in MS. Deficits in these social cognitive domains are associated with reduced social and psychological quality of life in patients with MS, even after controlling for severity and duration of disease, age, and neurocognitive performance.…”

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“…11 ToM refers to the ability to infer the intentions, dispositions, and beliefs of others and is thought to comprise distinguishable but overlapping cognitive and affective components. 9,12 Facial emotion recognition refers to an individual's ability to identify and discriminate between the emotional states of others based on their facial expressions. Collectively these drive interpersonal skills such as empathy, and may have important implications for social functioning.…”

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Social cognition in multiple sclerosis

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Objective: To quantify the magnitude of deficits in theory of mind (ToM) and facial emotion recognition among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) relative to healthy controls.Methods: An electronic database search of Ovid MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Embase was conducted from inception to April 1, 2016. Eligible studies were original research articles published in peer-reviewed journals that examined ToM or facial emotion recognition among patients with a diagnosis of MS and a healthy control comparison group. Data were independently extracted by 2 authors. Effect sizes were calculated using Hedges g.Results: Twenty-one eligible studies were identified assessing ToM (12 studies) and/or facial emotion recognition (13 studies) among 722 patients with MS and 635 controls. Deficits in both ToM (g 5 20.71, 95% confidence interval [CI] 20.88 to 20.55, p , 0.001) and facial emotion recognition (g 5 20.64, 95% CI 20.81 to 20.47, p , 0.001) were identified among patients with MS relative to healthy controls. The largest deficits were observed for visual ToM tasks and for the recognition of negative facial emotional expressions. Older age predicted larger emotion recognition deficits. Other cognitive domains were inconsistently associated with social cognitive performance.Conclusions: Social cognitive deficits are an overlooked but potentially important aspect of cognitive impairment in MS with potential prognostic significance for social functioning and quality of life. Further research is required to clarify the longitudinal course of social cognitive dysfunction, its association with MS disease characteristics and neurocognitive impairment, and the MSspecific neurologic damage underlying these deficits.

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“…It is based on the production of texts from the spontaneous and induced linguistic activity of functions such as listening-speaking or readingwriting, in ten ToM skills to which have already been referred to: describe an object or situation not present, remember past events, anticipate future events, describe scenes, ability to contradict or find antonyms, read emotions, use of fictional language, ability to lie and express sarcasm. The general objective is to provide the language therapist with a structured and organised guide aimed at optimizing the necessary skills so that the person with dementia in the initial and middle stage can sustain an adequate linguistic exchange with their habitual interlocutors [34][35][36][37][38].…”

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Theory of Mind and Language in the Adult: Some Considerations from the Perspective of Speech Therapy

Valles-Gonzlez¹,

Rosell-Clari²

2017

J Speech Pathol Ther

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This study shows a review about the relationship between language development and Theory of Mind (ToM) from a pragmatic-functionalist approach, based on a qualitative analysis of the role of textual and contextual categories, as an activity related to social, emotional and cognitive aspects during adulthood. From a functional approach, the study of language and human communication is understood as a process influenced by personal, linguistic, social, and cultural factors. In a pragmatic-functional view, the study of the functions related to ToM is a fundamental task, since communication depends on multiple factors and people with language impairment like people with dementia, can face many troubles in ToM abilities. For these reasons language therapist need to use the MetAphAs protocol in order to assess language in a whole vision. Language therapy techniques aimed at stimulating face-to-face conversation can be planned in different ways. The Programme of Stimulation of Metalinguistic Skills in Theory of Mind for People with Dementia helps to stimulate the metalinguistic performance in the most natural contexts possible.

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Cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in neurodegenerative diseases: Neuropsychological, neuroanatomical and neurochemical levels

Cited by 236 publications

References 193 publications

The overlapping relationship between emotion perception and theory of mind

The overlapping relationship between emotion perception and theory of mind

Social cognition in multiple sclerosis

Theory of Mind and Language in the Adult: Some Considerations from the Perspective of Speech Therapy

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