Affiliations:
Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Research University, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14000 Caen, France
Correspondence:
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Correspondence to: Mickaël Laisney, Laboratoire de Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Research University, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, Pôle des Formations et de Recherche en Santé, 2 Rue des Rochambelles, F-14032 CAEN Cedex CS 14032, France. Tel.: +33 2 31 56 83 93; Fax: +33 2 31 56 83 91; E-mail: mickael.laisney@inserm.fr.
Abstract: Although frontal presentations of Alzheimer’s disease (fv-AD) have already been described in the literature, we still know little about patients’ social cognitive abilities, especially their theory of mind (ToM). We report the case of FT, a 61-year-old woman who was diagnosed with fv-AD. Two assessments of social cognition, using a false-belief task, the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, and a task probing knowledge of social norms, were performed one year apart. FT exhibited cognitive ToM and social knowledge deficits from the onset. Affective ToM was initially preserved, but deteriorated as the disease progressed.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, behavioral symptoms, social norms, theory of mind
