Social Cognition in Rehabilitation Context: Different Evolution of Affective and Cognitive Theory of Mind in Mild Cognitive Impairment

Table 3

Neuropsychological and ToM results within the aMCI group at each step of evaluation (T0: baseline; T1: 6-month evaluation; T2: 12-month follow-up).

	Evaluation (time interval)
	T0	T1	T2	Time comparison; value ()	Pairwise comparisons; value (^#)
aMCI NC ()
MoCA test
TOT				0.012	; ;
VSP				0.318
EF				<0.001	; ;
M				0.049	; ;
ATT				0.608
L				0.876
OR				0.035	; ;
ToM tasks
SS task		—		0.009
RME test		—		0.735
aMCI C ()
MoCA test
TOT	18.53	11.53	7.53
ToM tasks
SS task	6	—	0
RME test	18	—	13

Repeated Measure ANOVA (in bold the statistical significant values, ); ^#pairwise comparisons with LSD post hoc correction (in bold the statistical significant values, corrected < 0.05); aMCI = amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment;  = number of subjects included in the analyses; SD = Standard Deviation; MoCA = Montreal Cognitive Assessment test; TOT = MoCA total score; VSP = visuospatial abilities; EF = executive functions; M = memory; ATT = attention; L = language; OR = orientation; ToM = Theory of Mind; DB = Deceptive Box task; SS = Strange Stories task; RME = Reading the Mind in the Eyes test.