[Social cognition and theory of mind assessment in non-demented patients with isolated cerebellar degeneration]. / Evaluación de la cognición social y teoría de la mente en pacientes con enfermedad cerebelosa degenerativa aislada no dementes.

AIM: To investigate whether the cerebellum could participate in social cognition (SC). METHOD: General neuropsychological tests, executive tests (EF), social cognition tests, which assess the ability to infer other peoples mental states, and the Beck Depression Inventory were given to 10 non-demented patients with isolated cerebellar degenerative disease, and to 10 healthy controls matched for sex, age, and years of education. ANOVA and correlation coefficients were employed for the statistical analysis. RESULTS: Patients within the cerebellar group were significantly impaired (p