Analyzing theory of mind impairment in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.

Anna Rita GiovagnoliBrian BellAlessandra ErbettaChiara PaterliniOrso Bugiani

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)

In bvFTD, ToM is characterized by misinterpretation of mental states and concrete thinking, which is related to disease severity and distinct areas of prefrontal atrophy. This neurobehavioral pattern may be a marker for bvFDT.

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working memory
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