Corcoran R, Mercer G, Frith C D
Department of Psychology, University College London, UK.
Schizophr Res. 1995 Sep;17(1):5-13. doi: 10.1016/0920-9964(95)00024-g.
It has been proposed that certain psychotic symptoms associated with schizophrenia reflect a deficit in the ability to appreciate other people's mental states (Frith, 1992). This notion is tested using a newly devised task examining the capacity to infer intentions behind indirect speech. The findings support the notion that some patients with schizophrenia have difficulties with tasks requiring 'theory of mind' skills and that this deficiency is symptom specific. The findings are discussed with reference to the cognitive skills which may be involved in the performance of tasks requiring social inferences.
有人提出,与精神分裂症相关的某些精神病症状反映出理解他人心理状态的能力存在缺陷(弗里思,1992年)。这一观点通过一项新设计的任务进行检验,该任务考察推断间接言语背后意图的能力。研究结果支持了这样一种观点,即一些精神分裂症患者在需要“心理理论”技能的任务上存在困难,而且这种缺陷具有症状特异性。结合可能参与需要社会推理的任务表现的认知技能对研究结果进行了讨论。