Impaired Perception of Emotional Expression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Journal of Clinical Neurology
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: 295-300, 2016.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
The increasing recognition that deficits in social emotions occur in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is helping to explain the spectrum of neuropsychological dysfunctions, thus supporting the view of ALS as a multisystem disorder involving neuropsychological deficits as well as motor deficits. The aim of this study was to characterize the emotion perception abilities of Korean patients with ALS based on the recognition of facial expressions.METHODS:
Twenty-four patients with ALS and 24 age- and sex-matched healthy controls completed neuropsychological tests and facial emotion recognition tasks [ChaeLee Korean Facial Expressions of Emotions (ChaeLee-E)]. The ChaeLee-E test includes facial expressions for seven emotions happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear, surprise, and neutral.RESULTS:
The ability to perceive facial emotions was significantly worse among ALS patients performed than among healthy controls [65.2±18.0% vs. 77.1±6.6% (mean±SD), p=0.009]. Eight of the 24 patients (33%) scored below the 5th percentile score of controls for recognizing facial emotions.CONCLUSIONS:
Emotion perception deficits occur in Korean ALS patients, particularly regarding facial expressions of emotion. These findings expand the spectrum of cognitive and behavioral dysfunction associated with ALS into emotion processing dysfunction.
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Assunto principal:
Percepção
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Expressão Facial
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Demência Frontotemporal
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Felicidade
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Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica
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Ira
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Testes Neuropsicológicos
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Journal of Clinical Neurology
Ano de publicação:
2016
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