Title :

Cognitive and affective theory of mind abilities in alcohol-dependent patients: The role of autobiographical memory

Author(s) :

Nandrino, Jean-Louis [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Gandolphe, Marie-Charlotte [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Alexandre, Charlotte [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Kmiecik, Elodie [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Yguel, Jacques [Auteur]
Urso, Laurent [Auteur]

Journal title :

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volume number :

143

Pages :

65-73

Publisher :

Elsevier BV

Publication date :

2014-10-01

ISSN :

0376-8716

English keyword(s) :

Autobiographical memory
Theory of mind
Alcohol
Substance abuse
Emotion
RMEt

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

Background Many studies of patients with alcohol dependence (AD) have highlighted their difficulty in identifying both their own emotional state and those of a social partner. We examined (1) the cognitive and affective ...
Show more >Background Many studies of patients with alcohol dependence (AD) have highlighted their difficulty in identifying both their own emotional state and those of a social partner. We examined (1) the cognitive and affective theory of mind (ToM) abilities of AD patients and (2) how the efficiency of their autobiographical memory (AM) can affect the effectiveness of ToM ability. Method In a cross-sectional design, AD patients (N = 50) and healthy controls (N = 30) completed a ToM movie paradigm (Versailles-Situational Intention Reading, V-SIR) in which they inferred the intentions of characters in movies depicting social interactions, and the “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test (RMET), which assessed the emotional dimension of the ToM. AM was investigated using the “Autobiographical Memory Interview” (AMI) to assess both episodic and semantic components of AM. Results Concerning ToM, patients with AD showed lower performance in the RMET than control participants, whereas no difference was observed on the V-SIR test. AD patients had lower scores than controls on the AMI, for both episodic and semantic components and for different periods of life. A multiple linear regression analysis also showed that AM deficits might predict lower ToM performance, especially for the RMET task. Conclusions Patients with AD have a specific affective ToM deficit. They used episodic memories to perceive the emotions of others, whereas controls used preferentially semantic memories to perform the task. Both these deficits could constitute a risk of relapse and should be a target for psychotherapeutic interventions.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Oui

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193

Research team(s) :

Équipe Dynamique Émotionnelle et Pathologies (DEEP)

Submission date :

2020-12-27T15:29:22Z
2021-01-20T14:21:07Z