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Theory of mind and verbal working memory deficits in parents of autistic children.
Psychiatry research - 31 Mar 2009
Gokcen Sezen, Bora Emre, Erermis Serpil, Kesikci Hande, Aydin Cahide
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The objective of this study was to investigate the potential values of executive function and social cognition deficits as endophenotypes of autism. While theory of mind (ToM) is generally accepted as a unitary concept, some have suggested that ToM may be separated into two components (mental state reasoning and decoding). In this study, both aspects of ToM and verbal working memory abilities were investigated...
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