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- Title
Do patients with better neuro-cognition have better theory of mind?
- Authors
Mrizak, J.; Arous, A.; Trabelsi, R.; Aissa, A.; Ben Ammar, H.; El Hechmi, Z.
- Abstract
Introduction Theory of mind (ToM) has repeatedly been shown to be compromised in many patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). By contrast, the association between ToM deficits and neuro-cognitive functioning (NF) remains uncertain. Objectives To investigate the association between ToM functioning and neuro-cognitive functioning in SCZ. Methods Fifty-eight outpatients with stable SCZ completed the intention-inferencing task (IIT), in which the ability to infer a character's intentions from 28 short comic strip stories is assessed. They also completed a neuro-cognitive battery comprising the following tests: the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test–Revised (HVLT-R), the Letter Digit Substitution Test (LDST), the Stroop Test (ST), the “Double Barrage” of Zazzo (DBZ), the Modified Card Sorting Test (MCST), Verbal Fluency (VF), the Trail Making Test-Part A (TMT-A) and the Digit Span (DS). Results The performance in the IIT significantly correlated with performance in some neuro-cognitive tests including efficiency in DBZ, number of uncorrected mistakes in ST, number of correct categories in MCST and the time needed to succeed the TMT-A. No correlations were found between performance in the ITT and in memory tasks (HVLT-R and DS). Conclusions ToM may rely on some neuro-cognitive functions (mainly attention and executive functioning). Elucidating the exact relationship between ToM and NF may be useful as both are targeted in specific psychotherapeutic interventions.
- Subjects
COGNITION disorder patients; THOUGHT &; thinking; PSYCHOTHERAPY; INTENTION; PERFORMANCE evaluation
- Publication
European Psychiatry, 2016, Vol 33, pS154
- ISSN
0924-9338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.232