First, we recognize that there are a multitude of different theory of mind tasks with different modes of presentation (Gregory et al., 2002; Frith and Frith, 2003; Saxe and Kanwisher, 2003; Snowden et al., 2003; Amodio and Frith, 2006; Gilbert et al., 2006; Hirao et al., 2008; Carrington and Bailey, 2009; Kipps et al., 2009 b ; Rankin et al., 2009; Shamay-Tsoory et al., 2009).
Activations from this visual theory of mind task were compared with the activations demonstrated during self-referential processing.
The total score of Unexpected Contents Theory of Mind task did not correlate with the Intelligence Quotient (rho = -0.15; P = 0.14).
Performance in the theory of mind task was also correlated with atrophy of the right inferior frontal gyrus, as well as the anterior rostral medial frontal cortex an area instrumental in theory of mind capabilities (Amodio and Frith, 2006; Brunet-Gouet and Decety, 2006; Tavares et al., 2008; Carrington and Bailey, 2009; Van Overwalle, 2009).
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In addition, a recent fMRI study in an adolescent population reported that activation of the medial prefrontal cortex during performance of a theory of mind task was lower in patients with AN than in controls (CTLs) [ 6].
The Work Demand variable measures concentration, keeping many things in mind, task difficulty and having to deal with situations where solutions may be difficult to find).
The lack of association between callous unemotional traits and theory of mind is unlikely to be because of theory of mind task insensitivity, as all tasks aside from the Second Order False Belief task showed a significant relationship with at least one measure of autism severity (online Table DS4).
The ROI defined by the Theory of Mind task did differentiate between invalid and valid trials of the attention task (t(20) = 4.9,p<0.0001), and the ROI defined by the attention task differentiated between belief and photo trials of the Theory of Mind task (t(20) = 3.8,p<0.001), consistent with previous results [14].
In this study we compare the performance of patients with right and left medial prefrontal lobe lesions in theory of mind and in social cognition tasks, with the performance of people with schizophrenia.
The eldest son, Joe, appears to have been of a simple mind, was never tasked with important roles, and later lived as a recluse, being regarded as a burden to the family.
