ArticleBrain and behavior2019
Impaired empathy but no theory of mind deficits in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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- Social Cognition in Adult ADHD: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
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- Mentalizing in Adolescents and Young Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Associations with Age and Attention Problems.Psychopathology · 2024Article
- Theory of mind in adolescents with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A cross-sectional study.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2023Article
- Unimpaired social cognition in adult patients with ADHD: brain volumetric and behavioral results.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2021Article
- Biological Bases of Empathy and Social Cognition in Patients with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Focus on Treatment with Psychostimulants.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Executive Functions and Social Responsiveness in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- The Potential Role of Dopamine in Mediating Motor Function and Interpersonal Synchrony.Biomedicines · 2021Review
- Autistic Traits and Empathy in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Co-occurring Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Language Can Obscure as Well as Facilitate Apparent-Theory of Mind Performance: Part 2-The Case of Dyslexia in Adulthood.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- Neural Correlates of Theory of Mind in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and the Comorbid Condition.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Impaired empathy but no theory of mind deficits in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Brain and behavior · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe cognitive capacity to change perspective is referred to as theory of mind (ToM). ToM deficits are detectable in a variety of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Since executive abilities are closely associated with ToM skills, we suspected that due to a common neuropsychological basis, ToM deficits exist in treatment-naïve adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
methodsPerformance of treatment-naïve adults with ADHD (N = 30) in tasks assessing executive functions (Trail Making Test, Stroop color-word test, and Test Battery for Attentional Performance), empathy skills (Cambridge Behaviour Scale), and ToM (Movie for Assessment of Social Cognition) was compared with that of a healthy control group (N = 30) matched according to basic demographic variables.
resultsCompared to healthy controls, treatment-naïve adults with ADHD showed deficits in various executive functions and the ability to empathize (all p < .05). However, no performance differences were found with regard to ToM (all n.s.).
conclusionsSince studies in juveniles with ADHD often show impaired ToM performance, it is conceivable that ToM deficits may become attenuated due to neuronal development in adolescence. Furthermore, our findings imply that ToM impairments, even when present in adult ADHD, appear to be independent of executive deficits and might be explained by comorbid disorders.
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