Trial reportAging clinical and experimental research2021
Can theory of mind of healthy older adults living in a nursing home be improved? A randomized controlled trial.
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- Cross-Sectional Trajectories of Social Cognition in Later Life: Exploring Emotion Perception, Theory of Mind, and Emotional Empathy.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2025Article
- Mindsets over matter: priming theory of mind improves older adults' mental state attributions about naturalistic social interactions.Aging & mental health · 2025Observational
- Resilience Through Social Connectedness and Cognition: Is Theory of Mind a Form of Enrichment for Older adults?The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Promoting Geropsychology: A Memorandum for Research, Policies, Education Programs, and Practices for Healthy Aging.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Training deaf college students to improve their theory of mind: based on a two-component model.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The promotion of mature theory of mind skills in educational settings: a mini-review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Cognitive and Affective Theory of Mind across Adulthood.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- They Cannot, They Will Not, or We Are Asking the Wrong Questions: Re-examining Age-Related Decline in Social Cognition.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundResearch in nursing homes mainly focused on interventions for residents affected by cognitive decline. Few studies have considered healthy older adults living in nursing homes, and this research targeted cognitive functioning.
aimsTo evaluate whether socio-cognitive abilities can be improved by means of a theory of mind (ToM) training conducted by nursing home's operators.
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resultsResults revealed that older adults benefitted from the ToM intervention in both practiced and non-practiced tasks, while the control group showed no change from pre- to post-test evaluation. Analyses on errors scores indicated that the ToM intervention led to a reduction of both excessive mentalizing and absence of mental states inference. DISCUSSION: The conversation-based ToM intervention proved to be effective in improving socio-cognitive skills in cognitively healthy nursing home residents. Notably, older adults were able to transfer the skills acquired during the training to new material.
conclusionsPromoting healthy resident's ToM ability could positively impact on their social cognition, consequently increasing their quality of life. Our findings showed that the intervention can be feasibly managed by health care assistants within the residential context.
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