O papel dos lobos frontais na teoria da mente
AUTOR(ES)
Glauco Camargo Igliori
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2005
RESUMO
Theory of mind (ToM) is ability to attribute mental satates to other individuals. Its well cerebral organization is not established, even though the literature suggests the relevant role of the frontal lobes. In this study our objective is to evaluate frontal lobe patients and controls in ToM tests. we studied 20 patients with lesions limited to the frontal lobes (as shown by CT or MRI), and 10 normal control sbjects by means of a series of ToM tasks as well as tests of other cognitive functions (counter- proofs). Patients and controls performed similiarly in ToM tests. There was significant difference between frontal subgroups (left, right, bifrontal) in the double-bluff task (second order ToM) (p=0.021), without relation to verbal fluency (p=0.302) or delayed recall ability (p=0.159). The only two patients with deficits in ToM tasks had impairment of social behavior. Conclusion: Frontal lesions do not necessarily in ToM impairment, wich may occur when such lesions are associated to disturbance of social behavior
ASSUNTO(S)
teoria da mente lobos frontais cognição testes neuropsicologicos
