title: Theory of mind is independent of episodic memory.
abstract: Theory of mind (ToM) to infer other people's current mental states and episodic memory of personal happenings have been assumed to be closely related. We report two participants with severely impaired episodic memory who perform indistinguishably from healthy controls on objective ToM tests. These results suggest that ToM can function independently of episodic memory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, York University and Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada. shaynar@yorku.ca
authors.forename: R Shayna
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: Donald T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Stuss
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Endel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tulving
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003243:Consciousness; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012649:Self Concept