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Ju EY, Kim CY, Choi BY, Ryoo SW, Min JY, Min KB. Deficits of Facial Emotion Recognition in Elderly Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2024:1-8. [PMID: 39043155 DOI: 10.1159/000540364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION The study of facial emotion recognition is under-explored in subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We investigated whether deficits in facial emotion recognition are present in patients with MCI. We also analyzed the relationship between facial emotion recognition and different domains of cognitive function. METHODS This study included 300 participants aged 60 years or older with cognitive decline. We evaluated 181 MCI and 119 non-MCI subjects using the Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery-Core (SNSB-C) and facial emotion recognition task using six facial expressions (anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise). A Generalized Linear Model (GLM) was used to assess the association between cognitive performance and accuracy of facial emotion recognition and to compare facial emotion recognition in the MCI group based on the impairment of five different domains of cognitive function. The model was adjusted for age, sex, years of education, and depressive symptoms. RESULTS Patients with MCI had a lower score for accurately recognizing total facial emotion (0.48 vs. 0.53; ρ = 0.0003) and surprise (0.73 vs. 0.81; ρ = 0.0215) when compared to cognitively healthy subjects. We also discovered that frontal/executive function domain (Digit Symbol Coding [DSC, 0.38 vs. 0.49; p < 0.0001], Controlled Oral Word Association Test [COWAT, 0.42 vs. 0.49; p = 0.0001], Korean-Trail Making Test [K-TMT, 0.37 vs. 0.48; p = 0.0073], Korean-Color Word Stroop Test [K-CWST, 0.43 vs. 0.49; p = 0.0219]) and language domain (Korean-Boston Naming Test [S-K-BNT, 0.46 vs. 0.47; p = 0.003]) were statistically associated with the deficits of facial emotion recognition in patients with MCI. CONCLUSION We observed a significant association between deficits in facial emotion recognition and cognitive impairment in elderly individuals.
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- Eun-Yoo Ju
- Graduate School of Psychological Service, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Veterans Medical Research Institute, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Health Policy and Management, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Mulet-Perreault H, Landry M, Laforce RJ, Macoir J, Hudon C. Mini-SEA: Validity and Normative Data for the French-Quebec Population Aged 50 Years and Above. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2024:acae051. [PMID: 38916196 DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acae051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE The mini Social cognition & Emotional Assessment (mini-SEA) is a social cognition battery which assesses theory of mind and emotion recognition. Currently, no psychometrically validated measure of social cognition with adapted normative data exists for the middle-aged and elderly French-Quebec population. This project aims to determine the known-group discriminant validity of a cultural and linguistic adaptation of the mini-SEA between cognitively healthy people, those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or living with Alzheimer's Disease (AD). This study also aims to examine the stability of mini-SEA's performance over a 3-4-month time period, as well as to produce normative data for French-Quebec people aged 50 years. Normative data are derived for the full and an abbreviated version of the Faux Pas subtest. METHOD The sample included 211 French-speaking participants from Quebec (Canada) aged 50 to 89 years. Mini-SEA's performance between a sub-sample of cognitively healthy people (n = 20), those with MCI (n = 20) or with AD (n = 20) was compared. A sub-sample of cognitively healthy people (n = 30) performed the task twice to estimate test-retest reliability. Socio-demographic variables' effects on scores were examined to produce normative data in the form of regression equations or percentile ranks. RESULTS Significant differences emerged between cognitively healthy people and those with MCI or AD. Moreover, scores were relatively stable over a period of 3 to 4 months. Finally, for the normative data, age, gender, and education were associated with performance on the mini-SEA or its subtests. CONCLUSIONS This study improves and standardizes social cognition's assessment among French-Quebec individuals, which will help characterize their cognitive profile.
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- Hannah Mulet-Perreault
- École de psychologie, Faculté des sciences sociales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche CERVO, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, QC, Canada
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- École de psychologie, Faculté des sciences sociales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche CERVO, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Clinique Interdisciplinaire de Mémoire, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Département de médecine, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Centre de recherche CERVO, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, QC, Canada
- École des sciences de la réadaptation, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- École de psychologie, Faculté des sciences sociales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche CERVO, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche VITAM, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, Québec, QC, Canada
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Wang J, Li C, Yu X, Zhao Y, Shan E, Xing Y, Li X. Effect of emotional stimulus on response inhibition in people with mild cognitive impairment: an event-related potential study. Front Neurosci 2024; 18:1357435. [PMID: 38745934 PMCID: PMC11091389 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1357435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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Background A few studies are emerging to explore the issue of how aging promotes emotional response inhibition. However, there is a lack of empirical study concerning the impact of pathological cognitive impairment on emotional response inhibition. The present study investigated the effect of emotion on response inhibition in people with mild cognitive impairment, the stage of cognitive impairment before dementia. Methods We used two emotional stop-signal tasks to explore whether the dual competition framework considering limited cognitive resources could explain the relationship between emotion and response inhibition in mild cognitive impairment. Results The results showed that negative emotions prolonged N2 latency. The Go trial accuracy was reduced in the high-arousal negative conditions and the stop-signal reaction time was prolonged under high-arousal conditions. This study also verified impaired response inhibition in mild cognitive impairment and found that negative emotions prolonged P3 latency in mild cognitive impairment. Conclusion Emotional information interferes with response inhibition in mild cognitive impairment populations, possibly because emotional information captures more attentional resources, thus interfering with response inhibition that relies on common-pool resources.
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- School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Gandia-Ferrero MT, Adrián-Ventura J, Cháfer-Pericás C, Alvarez-Sanchez L, Ferrer-Cairols I, Martinez-Sanchis B, Torres-Espallardo I, Baquero-Toledo M, Marti-Bonmati L. Relationship between neuroimaging and emotion recognition in mild cognitive impairment patients. Behav Brain Res 2024; 461:114844. [PMID: 38176615 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Dementia is a major public health problem with high needs for early detection, efficient treatment, and prognosis evaluation. Social cognition impairment could be an early dementia indicator and can be assessed with emotion recognition evaluation tests. The purpose of this study is to investigate the link between different brain imaging modalities and cognitive status in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) patients, with the goal of uncovering potential physiopathological mechanisms based on social cognition performance. METHODS The relationship between the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) and some clinical and biochemical variables ([18 F]FDG PET-CT and anatomical MR parameters, neuropsychological evaluation, and CSF biomarkers) was studied in 166 patients with MCI by using a correlational approach. RESULTS The RMET correlated with neuropsychological variables, as well as with structural and functional brain parameters obtained from the MR and FDG-PET imaging evaluation. However, significant correlations between the RMET and CSF biomarkers were not found. DISCUSSION Different neuroimaging parameters were found to be related to an emotion recognition task in MCI. This analysis identified potential minimally-invasive biomarkers providing some knowledge about the physiopathological mechanisms in MCI.
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- Maria Teresa Gandia-Ferrero
- Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI230), La Fe Health Research Institute (IIS La Fe), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, Atarazanas 4, 44003 Teruel, Spain
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- Grupo de investigación en Enfermedad de Alzheimer (GINEA), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain.
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- Grupo de investigación en Enfermedad de Alzheimer (GINEA), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain; Neurology Service, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Grupo de investigación en Enfermedad de Alzheimer (GINEA), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Nuclear Medicine Service, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI230), La Fe Health Research Institute (IIS La Fe), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain; Nuclear Medicine Service, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Grupo de investigación en Enfermedad de Alzheimer (GINEA), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain; Neurology Service, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI230), La Fe Health Research Institute (IIS La Fe), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain; Radiology Service, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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