The relationship between theory of mind deficits and neurocognition in first episode-psychosis

“Cool” and “Hot” Executive Functions in Patients With a Predominance of Negative Schizophrenic Symptoms

“…Previous studies that have been interested in hot EEFF, such as decision-making in situations of uncertainty ( Bechara et al, 1994 , 1999 , 2002 ; Young et al, 2010 ) or the ToM ( Catalan et al, 2018 ; Thibaudeau et al, 2019 ), are much scarcer, and in some of them the results obtained are contradictory ( Wilder et al, 1998 ; Brüne, 2001 , 2003 ; Ritter et al, 2004 ; Peyroux et al, 2019 ).…”

White Matter Correlates of Theory of Mind in Patients With First-Episode Psychosis

“…These results are in line with previous findings showing ToM deficits as a distinctive feature of schizophrenia, which is found not only in chronic patients but also in the early course of the disease and even in remission (12,14,47). As previous meta-analysis studies have suggested, these ToM impairments may be related to the functional outcome of the patients and could be able to predict prognosis (1,9,11).…”

“…ToM is the mentalizing capacity to infer others' thoughts, intentions, beliefs, and emotions (6). Compared to its severity in other psychiatric disorders, ToM impairment is more severe in schizophrenia (7) and is strongly associated with psychopathology, neurocognitive function, and general functioning (1,(7)(8)(9)(10)(11). The impairment has trait-like characteristics that precede the onset of illness and persist across disease progression, even after remission (12)(13)(14).…”

Cognición en la esquizofrenia. Estado actual de la cuestión (II): sesgos cognitivos, modelos explicativos y programas de intervención

“…Además, los sujetos que transitan desde un episodio psicótico hacia un diagnóstico de esquizofrenia muestran un mayor déficit en ToM que los que no lo hacen (74) y este déficit, influido a su vez por el razonamiento y la memoria verbal, ya se encuentra en los individuos con primeros episodios psicóticos (75,76).…”