“…A ToM impairment in schizophrenia has consistently been found and is correlated with greater levels of social dysfunctions and symptomatology (Bell, Langdon, Siegert, & Ellis, 2010;Brüne, 2005;Derntl, Finkelmeyer, Toygar, Hülsmann, Schneider, Falkenberg et al, 2009;Lysaker, Dimaggio, Buck, Callaway, Salvatore, Carcione et al, in press a;Lysaker, Dimaggio, Buck, Carcione, & Nicolò, 2007;Lysaker et al, 2010). In particular, difficulties in appreciating irony have consistently been found in schizophrenia (Langdon & Coltheart, 2004;Ziv, Leiser, & Levine, in press).…”