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Published in final edited form as: Cogn Neuropsychiatry. 2006 Jul;11(4):369–388. doi: 10.1080/13546800444000245

TABLE 5.

Joke interpretation and theory of mind tasks

Task		Patient I		Patient 2	Patient 3	Controls
		Preop	Postop	Postop		Mean (SD)
Jokes						N= 8
	(max = 15)	12	12	7^a	14	13.14 (1.21)
Theory of mind						N = 15
	Comp total (max = 15)	15	15	13	13	13.93 (0.26)
Physical		3	2	7^a	1	2.0 (1.13)
Mental		12	13	8^a	14	11.93 (1.09)

± 2 standard deviations from the control mean.

Preop, preoperative; Postop, postoperative; Comp total, comprehension total score; Physical, total physical state justifications; Mental, total mental state justifications.