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Impaired ???Affective Theory of Mind??? Is Associated with Right Ventromedial Prefrontal Damage
2005
Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
Objective: To examine the hypothesis that patients with ventromedial (VM) frontal lesions are impaired in the affective rather than cognitive facets of theory of mind (ToM). Background: Prefrontal brain damage may result in impaired social behavior, especially when the damage involves the orbitofrontal/VM prefrontal cortex (PFC). It has been previously suggested that deficits in ToM may account for such aberrant behavior. However, inconsistent results have been reported, and different regions
doi:10.1097/01.wnn.0000152228.90129.99
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