Executive Functions do not Underlie Performance on the Edinburgh Social Cognition Test (ESCoT) in Healthy Younger and Older Adults

• Published in: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 527 - 538
• Main Authors: Baksh, R Asaad, Bugeja, Tereża, MacPherson, Sarah E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Cambridge University Press 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Age; Aging; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cognition; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Executive function; Norms; Older people; Social interactions; Socialization; Executive functions; Understanding of social norms; Edinburgh Social Cognition Test (ESCoT); Theory of Mind; Ageing

Current measures of social cognition have shown inconsistent findings regarding the effects of executive function (EF) abilities on social cognitive performance in older adults. The psychometric properties of the different social cognition tests may underlie the disproportional overlap with EF abili...