Do patients with high-functioning autism have similar social cognitive deficits as patients with a chronic cause of schizophrenia?
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Informa UK Limited
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There is substantial evidence that both patients with schizophrenia and patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have impaired social cognition including theory of mind (ToM) deficits. However, it remains unclear if both verbal (explicit) and non-verbal (implicit) ToM as well as social perception are similarly affected in both disorders.Twenty-one patients...
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Adult , Male , Autism Spectrum Disorder , Intelligence , Theory of Mind , explicit , social perception , Middle Aged , Neuropsychological Tests , Social cognition , Social Perception , Case-Control Studies , Schizophrenia , Humans , Cognitive Dysfunction , Female , Schizophrenic Psychology , implicit , theory of mind