Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Joint Authors
Hudon, Carol
Gaudreau, G.
Poulin, S.
Laforce, R. Jr.
Macoir, Joël
Monetta, Laura
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
The present study examined mentalizing capacities as well as the relative implication of mentalizing in the comprehension of ironic and sincere assertions among 30 older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 30 healthy control (HC) subjects.
Method.
Subjects were administered a task evaluating mentalizing by means of short stories.
A verbal irony comprehension task, in which participants had to identify ironic or sincere statements within short stories, was also administered; the design of the task allowed uniform implication of mentalizing across the conditions.
Results.
Findings indicated that participants with MCI have second-order mentalizing difficulties compared to HC subjects.
Moreover, MCI participants were impaired compared to the HC group in identifying ironic or sincere stories, both requiring mental inference capacities.
Conclusion.
This study suggests that, in individuals with MCI, difficulties in the comprehension of ironic and sincere assertions are closely related to second-order mentalizing deficits.
These findings support previous data suggesting a strong relationship between irony comprehension and mentalizing.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gaudreau, G.& Monetta, Laura& Macoir, Joël& Poulin, S.& Laforce, R. Jr.& Hudon, Carol. 2015. Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Behavioural Neurology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gaudreau, G.…[et al.]. Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Behavioural Neurology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Gaudreau, G.& Monetta, Laura& Macoir, Joël& Poulin, S.& Laforce, R. Jr.& Hudon, Carol. Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Behavioural Neurology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057567
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057567