"Theory of Mind" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The ability to attribute mental states (e.g., beliefs, desires, feelings, intentions, thoughts, etc.) to self and to others, allowing an individual to understand and infer behavior on the basis of the mental states. Difference or deficit in theory of mind is associated with ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; and SCHIZOPHRENIA, etc.
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D056345
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.689 F02.739.897
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Theory of Mind" by people in Profiles.
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Richardson H, Gweon H, Dodell-Feder D, Malloy C, Pelton H, Keil B, Kanwisher N, Saxe R. Response patterns in the developing social brain are organized by social and emotion features and disrupted in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Cortex. 2020 04; 125:12-29.
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Kim S. The mind in the making: Developmental and neurobiological origins of mentalizing. Personal Disord. 2015 Oct; 6(4):356-65.
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Sharp C, Kim S. Recent advances in the developmental aspects of borderline personality disorder. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2015 Apr; 17(4):556.
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Swenson CR, Choi-Kain LW. Mentalization and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Am J Psychother. 2015; 69(2):199-217.
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Lidz C, Appelbaum PS. Context is everything: psychological data and consent to research. Hastings Cent Rep. 2014 Jan-Feb; 44(1):35-6.
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Sharp C, Ha C, Carbone C, Kim S, Perry K, Williams L, Fonagy P. Hypermentalizing in adolescent inpatients: treatment effects and association with borderline traits. J Pers Disord. 2013 Feb; 27(1):3-18.