Abstract

The More I Get to Know You, the More I Distrust You? Non-linear Relationship between Social Skills and Social Behavior.

Highlights

  • A commentary on Judging strangers’ trustworthiness is associated with theory of mind skills by Prevost M, Brodeur M, Onishi KH, Lepage M, Gold I

  • There has been growing interest in the study of social skills in neuropsychiatric diseases [1, 2]. This interest arises from the evidence, which indicates that social skill impairments generate deep impact on the functioning and, the quality of life of neuropsychiatric patients

  • The Reading the Mind in the Eyes test stimuli are used to measure both theory of mind (ToM) skills and the judgment of trustworthiness in strangers

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Introduction

A commentary on Judging strangers’ trustworthiness is associated with theory of mind skills by Prevost M, Brodeur M, Onishi KH, Lepage M, Gold I. Non-linear Relationship between Social Skills and Social Behavior. The authors show that ToM affects the way in which healthy subjects trust strangers. Prior evidence indicates that perspective-taking and empathy skills are positively related to trustworthy judgments, the authors find a negative relationship between these judgments and ToM.

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