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Theory of Mind Deficit in Schizophrenia and Associated Cognitive Functions

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This study examined the Theory of Mind (ToM) ability of schizophrenic persons in association with other cognitive functions like memory, executive functioning and attention. Results showed evidence of relationship between ToM and cognitive functions i.e. executive function, working memory and intelligence but no uniform predictive model was found across all the ToM tasks. It was also noted that predicting variables related to different cognitive domains varied markedly for schizophrenia and control groups. It seems that there are multiple cognitive pathways to ToM mechanism, although these different forms may not have an additive effect.

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I express my gratitude to late Dr. L.M. Sahu for supervising this research work.

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Jha, M. Theory of Mind Deficit in Schizophrenia and Associated Cognitive Functions. Psychol Stud 57, 283–291 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-012-0148-8

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