Theory of mind in dementias

Authors

  • Tarcísio Gomes Dutra Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Rita di Cássia de Oliveira Ângelo Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Cláudio Henrique Fernandes Vidal Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57167/Rev-SBPH.15.393

Keywords:

Theory of mind, Dementia

Abstract

Theory of Mind (ToM) concerns to ability to infer mental states to himself and others, in order to understand and foretell behaviors. Aspects of ToM in diseases like autism and schizophrenia are already established in literature, however their behaviors in dementia, especially the cortical, has been scarcely addressed. These, on the order hand, are characterized by deficits in several cognitive fields, with damage to the life of the relationship of these individuals. The aim of this study was to go along a brief review of the literature concerning the subject and discuss some of their findings. Procedure was a literature review using the MEDLINE, LILACS, PORTAL CAPES and SCIELO. The key words used in English and Portuguese, respectively, were: Theory of Mind, Theory of Mind and Dementia, the criteria were year of publication (from 2000) and relevance of the topic. We found and described 4 articles involved in the proposed subject, as well as articles that relate the findings to neural bases circumscribed. The literature associates changes in ToM to dementia, with particular depending on the type and neural substrate involved. Accordingly the frontal variant frontotemporal dementia, appears to be the prototype of this condition, knowing, however, that several brain areas are involved and interconnected in the processing of ToM.

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Author Biographies

Tarcísio Gomes Dutra, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Psicólogo Clínico. Professor do Curso de Graduação em Psicologia – Faculdade de Ciências Humanas de Olinda – PE. Especialista em Neuropsicologia Clínica. Preceptor de Estágio da Especialização em Neuropsicologia Clínica Faculdade Redentor – RJ/ Instituto de Desenvolvimento Educacional - PE. Mestre em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento – UFPE.

Rita di Cássia de Oliveira Ângelo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Fisioterapeuta. Professora Assistente do curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade de Pernambuco – Campus Petrolina. Mestre em Anatomia Patológica – UFPE. Doutoranda em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento – UFPE.

Cláudio Henrique Fernandes Vidal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Neurocirurgião. Preceptor do Programa de Pós Graduação em Neurocirurgia do Hospital Getúlio Vargas – SUS/PE. Doutorando do Programa de Pós Graduação em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento – UFPE.

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Published

2012-07-24

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Dutra, T. G., Ângelo, R. di C. de O., & Vidal, C. H. F. (2012). Theory of mind in dementias. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Psicologia Hospitalar, 15(2), 117–127. https://doi.org/10.57167/Rev-SBPH.15.393

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2012)

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Original research

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