Cerebral Lateralization and Theory of Mind

Functional lateralization of temporoparietal junction - imitation inhibition, visual perspective-taking and theory of mind.

Although neuroimaging studies have consistently identified the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) as a key brain region involved in social cognition, the literature is far from consistent with respect to lateralization of function. For example, during theory-of-mind tasks bilateral TPJ activation is found in some studies but only right hemisphere activation in others. Visual perspective-taking and ...

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The Theory of Mind and Socialization, Communication and Living Skills of Students with Intellectual Disability

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between Theory of mind and socialization, communication and living skills (adaptive behaviors) in students with intellectual disability. Materials & Methods: This study that took place with a correlation method including 60 students with intellectual disability (30 boys and 30 girls). In order to collect the data for the...

The comparison of theory of Mind, IQ and attention of normal and hypothyroidism students

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare theory of Mind, IQ and attention of normal and hypothyroidism students. Materials & Methods: The research method was causal – comparative. The statistical society of it includes students studying in first-grade section of Saveh city that among them, 346 people were selected using random cluster sampling. In the first stage, 30 students were di...

The Effect of Group Training on Theory of Mind in the Male Outpatient Addicted People for Treatment

The theory of mind ability underlies the human ability to make complex social interactions. In this study, differences in the theory of mind ability of people with substance dependence and a normal group, and the effect of group training of this ability on addicted people were assessed. In this research, causal-comparative and semi experimental with a pretest and posttest method with a control ...