Believed to be a deficit in the autistic leaving them unable to understand another's point of view. "Defects in the theory of mind have been repeatedly demonstrated in less able people with autism but less consistently in a higher-functioning group (Bowler, D. M. (1992) "Theory of Mine" in Asperger's Syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 33, 877-893)
Debate continues on whether testing distinguishs Theory of Mind or language abilities.
Involvement of orbital and medial PFC in social cognition is also consistent with findings of Theory of Mind task deficits among neurological patients with bilateral orbital and medial PFC lesions (Stone, V. E., Baron-Cohen, S. & Knight, R.T. (1998) Frontal lobe contributions to theory of mind. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 10(5), 640-656)
This is interesting, but how does it connect to the rest of the wiki?
I agree, this book should be on Ward's Wiki not here