Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment
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...
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| author | G. Gaudreau L. Monetta J. Macoir S. Poulin R. Jr. Laforce C. Hudon |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ffc2677e0b44e909c1f33da111794682025-02-03T01:01:35ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85842015-01-01201510.1155/2015/685613685613Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive ImpairmentG. Gaudreau0L. Monetta1J. Macoir2S. Poulin3R. Jr. Laforce4C. Hudon5École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaCentre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Québec, QC, G1J 2G3, CanadaCentre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Québec, QC, G1J 2G3, CanadaClinique Interdisciplinaire de Mémoire, Département des Sciences Neurologiques, CHU de Québec, Québec, QC, G1J 1Z4, CanadaClinique Interdisciplinaire de Mémoire, Département des Sciences Neurologiques, CHU de Québec, Québec, QC, G1J 1Z4, CanadaÉcole de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaObjective. 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/685613 |
| spellingShingle | G. Gaudreau L. Monetta J. Macoir S. Poulin R. Jr. Laforce C. Hudon Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Behavioural Neurology |
| title | Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| title_full | Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| title_fullStr | Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| title_short | Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| title_sort | mental state inferences abilities contribution to verbal irony comprehension in older adults with mild cognitive impairment |
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