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Macchitella L, Spaccavento S, Arigliani M, Giaquinto F, Turi M, Battista P, De Benedetto M, Leccese G, Aliani M, Angelelli P. Mind reading dysfunctions in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: A neuropsychological approach. J Neuropsychol 2024. [PMID: 38956923 DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a prevalent sleep-related breathing disorder that has been extensively studied for its effects on cognitive functions. However, little attention has been given to investigating Mind Reading (MR) skills in patients with OSAS. In this study, we employed a neuropsychological approach to thoroughly assess various facets of MR skills in patients with OSAS. Forty-two patients with untreated moderate or severe OSAS (AHI ≥15; 30 men, 12 women) and 16 healthy controls (7 men and 9 women), matched by age, were enrolled. To assess MR skills, we used: (i) The Story-based Empathy Task (SET), which includes three experimental conditions: identifying intentions (SET-IA), emotional states (SET-EA), and a control condition for inferring causality reactions (SET-CI); (ii) the Ekman 60 Faces Test (Ek60), which measures emotion recognition from facial expressions. Our findings revealed that patients with OSAS exhibit deficits in emotion-related MR skills, while their ability to make inferences about the cognitive states of social partners remains largely preserved. This finding corroborates previous evidence indicating that social cognition, particularly MR skills, may be one of the cognitive domains affected by OSAS. It emphasizes the significance of investigating social cognition and the relationship between MR skills and social functioning as a new and intriguing area of research in patients with OSAS.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luigi Macchitella
- Unit for Severe Disabilities in Developmental Age and Young Adults (Developmental Neurology and Neurorehabilitation), Associazione "La Nostra Famiglia" - IRCCS "E. Medea", Scientific Hospital for Neurorehabilitation, Brindisi, Italy
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- Department of ENT (Otolaryngology), "V. Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Italy
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- Lab of Applied Psychology and Intervention, Department of Human and Social Studies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Lab of Applied Psychology and Intervention, Department of Human and Social Studies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Lab of Applied Psychology and Intervention, Department of Human and Social Studies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA SB, Bari, Italy
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- Lab of Applied Psychology and Intervention, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Fabbri M. The Mechanisms of Sleep Function and Regulation for Health and Cognitive Performance. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1680. [PMID: 38137128 PMCID: PMC10742004 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13121680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Although we spend about one third of our life sleeping, the function and regulation of sleep remain scientific enigmas [...].
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Affiliation(s)
- Marco Fabbri
- Department of Psychology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Casert, Italy
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