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In this work, I inquire into how eight neurodegenerative conditions (behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia, semantic dementia, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, amnesic mild cognitive impairment, Parkinson\u2019s disease, Lewy body dementia, cerebellar neurodegenerative disorders and right temporal degeneration) compromise pragmatic abilities and explore whether such impairments are linked to changes in Theory of Mind. Based on a narrative review of available experimental evidence, I come to several conclusions. First, only one neurodegenerative disease (behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia) shows up with pragmatic deficits directly linked to impairment in Theory of Mind. In the rest of the conditions, pragmatic deficits, although linked to Theory of Mind, derive from impairments in other cognitive functions (such as working memory or executive functions). 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