Introduction. Social cognition allows understanding and predicting both one’s own actions and those of others. It includes processes such as the perception of emotions, the theory of the mind, empathy and social judgment. The alterations in these processes have been broadly studied in people with Schizophrenia (Ef) and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Currently, both diagnostic evaluation...
Introduction. Fear of Public Speaking or Public Speaking Anxiety is a specific manifestation of Social Anxiety Disorder that can significantly interfere with personal, academic and professional performance. On the other hand, Social Cognition, which includes skills such as emotion recognition, theory of mind, empathy and attributional styles, is fundamental for interpreting the intentions and...
Introduction: The assessment of social cognition through the Theory of Mind can contribute to the study of this construct. One of the instruments proposed to assess the Theory of Mind is the Yoni Task, with which a cross-cultural validation is being carried out for the Spanish-speaking population (Argentina, Mexico and Spain). Objective: This study aims to determine the factor structure of the...
Introduction: Theory of Mind (ToM) is a fundamental neurocognitive function for Social Cognition. However, there are still not enough validated and standardized instruments to assess this function in the Latin American population, and even fewer in Colombia, which limits its clinical analysis.
Objective: Analyze the internal structure of instruments for the assessment Theory of Mind in...
The concept of social cognition includes a series of processes that allow people to understand the social world.
The theory of mind as the capacity of people to ascribe mental entities such as desires, beliefs, intentions and emotions has had a great development. The classic tasks that allowed the evaluation of the process were limited to all/nothing tasks, that is, the person evaluated...
