Abstract

TABERNERO, M.¹ Eugenia  and  POLITIS, Daniel G.. Dissociations in Theory of Mind in the behavioral variant of Frontotemporal Dementia. Anu. investig. [online]. 2014, vol.21, n.2, pp.277-284. ISSN 1851-1686.

Objective: To verify the presence of dissociations between cognitive and emotional Theory of Mind (ToM) in behavioral variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD). Population: 20 patients, mean age 67 years, 6 years for school. For bvFTD diagnostic there were administered: Reading the Mind in the Eyes (RME) as an emotional ToM test, First-order false belief task (FOFBT) as a cognitive ToM test, and Faux Pas as a mixed test. Results: 80% of the patients showed a pathological performance on RME and 45% in FOFBT. Significant differences were found between RME and FOFBT, and Faux Pas tests and FOFBT, and double dissociations. Conclusion: Emotional ToM seems to be the most affected in bvFTD. The finding of dissociations between tasks could be due to affective ToM being processed through the "simulation theory", while cognitive ToM through the "theory theory ".

Keywords : Emotional Theory of Mind; Cognitive Theory of Mind; Behavioral variant Frontotemporal Dementia; Dissociations.

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