Social Cognition in Borderline Personality Disorder: Evidence for Disturbed Recognition of the Emotions, Thoughts, and Intentions of Others

Disturbed relatedness is a core feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD), and impaired social cognition or deficits in mentalization are hypothesized to underlie this feature. To date, only weak empirical evidence argues for impairment in the recognition of emotions, thoughts, or intentions...

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Main Authors: Sandra Preißler, Isabel Dziobek, Kathrin Ritter, Hauke R Heekeren, Stefan Roepke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00182/full