Journal article
Maternal history of depression is associated with enhanced theory of mind in depressed and nondepressed adult women
Abstract
Theory of mind forms the basis of social cognition and develops on a stereotyped ontogenetic timetable. Yet, there are individual differences in theory of mind that may be transmitted through genetic and/or environmental mechanisms. In the current study we examined the relation of maternal history of depression to individual differences in theory of mind in a sample of adult women. Sixty-one depressed women (23% with a positive maternal history …
Authors
Harkness KL; Washburn D; Theriault JE; Lee L; Sabbagh MA
Journal
Psychiatry Research, Vol. 189, No. 1, pp. 91–96
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.psychres.2011.06.007
ISSN
0165-1781