Hypersensitivity in borderline personality disorder during mindreading.
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SUBMITTER: Frick C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3411703 | biostudies-literature | 2012
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Hypersensitivity in borderline personality disorder during mindreading.
Frick Carina C Lang Simone S Kotchoubey Boris B Sieswerda Simkje S Dinu-Biringer Ramona R Berger Moritz M Veser Sandra S Essig Marco M Barnow Sven S
PloS one 20120803 8
<h4>Background</h4>One of the core symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the instability in interpersonal relationships. This might be related to existent differences in mindreading between BPD patients and healthy individuals.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined the behavioural and neurophysiological (fMRI) responses of BPD patients and healthy controls (HC) during performance of the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test (RMET).<h4>Results</h4>Mental state discrimination was significantly b ...[more]
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