Measurement of Social Cognition in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Population Based Study.

Tom BurkeMarta Pinto-GrauKatie LonerganMarwa ElaminPeter BedeEmmet CostelloOrla HardimanNiall Pender

Published in: PloS one (2016)

Executive dysfunction impacts on social cognitive performance. This study contributes not only to the psychometric knowledge of this measure, but also to the usability, efficacy, and reliability of social cognitive assessment in ALS. Using population-specific normative data, we confirm the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test is a reliable measure of social cognitive processes in ALS.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
working memory
optical coherence tomography
machine learning
multiple sclerosis
social media