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01.05.2020 | Review Article

Theory of mind in Alzheimer’s disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis

verfasst von: ZhongQuan Yi, PanWen Zhao, Hui Zhang, YuanYuan Shi, HaiChun Shi, JianGuo Zhong, PingLei Pan

Erschienen in: Neurological Sciences | Ausgabe 5/2020

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Abstract

Background

The assessment of theory of mind (ToM) performance in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) remains inconclusive. We conducted a meta-analysis to investigate ToM performance in patients with aMCI and AD.

Methods

A systematic literature search was performed for eligible studies published up to July 2019 in three international databases (PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science). Due to heterogeneity between studies, a random-effects model was used. Individual ToM tasks were meta-analyzed separately and possible sources of heterogeneity were examined.

Results

In total, 36 studies involving 701 individuals with AD and 197 with aMCI were identified. Compared with healthy controls, ToM was impaired in both AD (d = 1.45) and aMCI patients (d = 0.65). In AD patients, ToM was particularly impaired in advanced tasks such as Faux Pas Recognition (d = 1.26). In patients with aMCI, ToM deficits were relatively modest, with the exception of the reading the mind in the eyes task (d = 1.22). ToM was significantly more impaired in AD than that in aMCI (d = 0.88).

Conclusions

This is the first meta-analysis examining ToM performance in AD and aMCI simultaneously. The results showed that ToM deficits were more severe in AD than that in aMCI in most individual ToM tasks. Longitudinal studies are warranted to determine whether ToM abilities in aMCI patients can be used for prognostic purposes.
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Metadaten
Titel
Theory of mind in Alzheimer’s disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis
verfasst von
ZhongQuan Yi
PanWen Zhao
Hui Zhang
YuanYuan Shi
HaiChun Shi
JianGuo Zhong
PingLei Pan
Publikationsdatum
01.05.2020
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Neurological Sciences / Ausgabe 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Elektronische ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-04215-5

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