Communicative Ability in Schizophrenic Patients: Executive Function, Theory of Mind and Mental Representations
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Communication disorders are a typical problem in schizophrenic patients.The aim of the present study is to empirically investigate the role played by a possible deficit in the theory of mind, in the executive function and in the ability to handle sophisticated mental representations in order to explain the poor communicative performance of a group of schizophrenic patients.In particular, we suggest that difficulties in mindreading and in executive functioning are not sufficient to explain communicative deficits in schizophrenia.Our results show the importance of considering the increasing complexity of the mental representations underlying different pragmatic phenomena, a factor that is underestimated in the current literature.
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Fondazione CRT
OpenAlex ID: W2594391412