Badgaiyan Rajendra D
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Conscious Cogn. 2009 Mar;18(1):320-2; discussion 323-4. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.10.008. Epub 2008 Dec 13.
A number of cognitive and behavioral variables influence the performance in tasks of theory of mind (ToM). Since two of the most important variables, memory and explicit expression, are impaired in schizophrenic patients, the ToM appears inconsistent in these patients. An ideal instrument of ToM should therefore account for deficient memory and impaired ability of these patients to explicitly express intentions. If such an instrument is developed, it should provide information that can be used not only to understand the pathophysiology but also to monitor patients.
许多认知和行为变量会影响心理理论(ToM)任务的表现。由于精神分裂症患者的两个最重要变量,即记忆和明确表达能力受损,这些患者的ToM表现似乎不一致。因此,理想的ToM工具应考虑到这些患者记忆缺陷和明确表达意图的能力受损的情况。如果开发出这样一种工具,它应该提供不仅可用于理解病理生理学,还可用于监测患者的信息。