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Sever Aktuna YS, Koskderelioglu A, Eskut N, Aktuna A. Is impairment of facial emotion recognition independent of cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis? Neurol Sci 2024; 45:2791-2800. [PMID: 38246940 PMCID: PMC11081977 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-024-07314-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND Emotions expressed on the face play a key role in social cognition and communication by providing inner emotional experiences. This study aimed to evaluate facial emotion identification and discrimination and empathy abilities in patients with MS and whether it is related to cognitive dysfunction. METHODS One hundred twenty patients with relapsing-remitting MS and age- and sex-matched 120 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. All the subjects were evaluated with the Facial Emotion Identification Test (FEIT), Facial Emotion Discrimination Test (FEIDT), and Empathy Quotient (EQ). We used the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for depression and detailed cognitive tests, including the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), and the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT). The quality of life was assessed with Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQL-54). RESULTS Patients with MS were 37.6 ± 9.5 years old, had a mean disease duration of 8.8 ± 6.6 (8-28) years, and a mean EDSS score of 1.6 ± 1.3 (0-4.5). We found significant differences in the identification of facial emotions, discrimination of facial emotions, and empathy in MS patients compared to controls (p < 0.05). Especially the recognition of feelings of sadness, fear, and shame was significantly lower in MS patients. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed low SDMT and FEIDT scores which showed an independent association with MS. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that facial emotion recognition and identification deficits are remarkable among patients with MS and emotion recognition is impaired together with and independently of cognitive dysfunction in MS patients.
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- Yagmur Simge Sever Aktuna
- Neurology Department, University of Health Sciences, Izmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, 35170, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Neurology Department, University of Health Sciences, Izmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, 35170, Izmir, Turkey
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- Neurology Department, University of Health Sciences, Izmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital, 35170, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Bornova District Health Directorate, 35030, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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Doskas TK, Christidi F, Spiliopoulos KC, Tsiptsios D, Vavougios GD, Tsiakiri A, Vorvolakos T, Kokkotis C, Iliopoulos I, Aggelousis N, Vadikolias K. Social Cognition Impairments in Association to Clinical, Cognitive, Mood, and Fatigue Features in Multiple Sclerosis: A Study Protocol. Neurol Int 2023; 15:1106-1116. [PMID: 37755359 PMCID: PMC10536405 DOI: 10.3390/neurolint15030068] [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: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS), characterized by the diffuse grey and white matter damage. Cognitive impairment (CI) is a frequent clinical feature in patients with MS (PwMS) that can be prevalent even in early disease stages, affecting the physical activity and active social participation of PwMS. Limited information is available regarding the influence of MS in social cognition (SC), which may occur independently from the overall neurocognitive dysfunction. In addition, the available information regarding the factors that influence SC in PwMS is limited, e.g., factors such as a patient's physical disability, different cognitive phenotypes, mood status, fatigue. Considering that SC is an important domain of CI in MS and may contribute to subjects' social participation and quality of life, we herein conceptualize and present the methodological design of a cross-sectional study in 100 PwMS of different disease subtypes. The study aims (a) to characterize SC impairment in PwMS in the Greek population and (b) to unveil the relationship between clinical symptoms, phenotypes of CI, mood status and fatigue in PwMS and the potential underlying impairment on tasks of SC.
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- Triantafyllos K. Doskas
- Neurology Department, Athens Naval Hospital, 11521 Athens, Greece; (T.K.D.); (K.C.S.)
- Neurology Department, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece; (F.C.); (A.T.); (I.I.); (K.V.)
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- Neurology Department, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece; (F.C.); (A.T.); (I.I.); (K.V.)
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- Neurology Department, Athens Naval Hospital, 11521 Athens, Greece; (T.K.D.); (K.C.S.)
- Neurology Department, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
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- Neurology Department, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece; (F.C.); (A.T.); (I.I.); (K.V.)
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- Neurology Department, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece; (F.C.); (A.T.); (I.I.); (K.V.)
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- Psychiatry Department, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece;
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- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece; (C.K.); (N.A.)
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- Neurology Department, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece; (F.C.); (A.T.); (I.I.); (K.V.)
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- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece; (C.K.); (N.A.)
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- Neurology Department, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece; (F.C.); (A.T.); (I.I.); (K.V.)
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Aydemir ST, Kumcu MK, Çelik ND, Bakirarar B, Özkan S, Akbostancı MC. The ability of patients with Parkinson's disease to recognize masked faces during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dement Neuropsychol 2022; 16:309-315. [PMID: 36619841 PMCID: PMC9762394 DOI: 10.1590/1980-5764-dn-2021-0117] [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: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Patients with Parkinson's disease (PwP) have face recognition difficulties. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the difficulties of PwP in recognizing masked faces during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A total of 64 PwP, 58 age-matched older healthy controls (OHCs), and 61 younger healthy controls (YHCs) were included in the study. The Benton Face Recognition Test - short form (BFRT-sf) and the 13-item questionnaire on face recognition difficulties due to masks during the pandemic developed by the authors were applied to all three study groups. Results Both the PwP and OHC groups scored worse in BFRT-sf when compared with the YHC group (p<0.001 and p<0.001, respectively). The number of those who had difficulty in recognizing people seen every day and the number of those who asked people to remove their masks because they did not recognize them were higher in the PWP group (p=0.026 and p=0.002, respectively). The number of individuals who looked at the posture and gait of people when they did not recognize their masked faces and those who stated that this difficulty affected their daily lives were higher in the OHC group (p=0.002 and p=0.009, respectively). The number of participants whose difficulty in recognizing masked faces decreased over time was higher in the YHC group (p=0.003). Conclusions The PwP group demonstrated similar performance to their peers but differed from the YHC group in recognizing masked faces. Knowing difficulties experienced by elderly people in recognizing people who are masked can increase awareness on this issue and enhance their social interaction in pandemic conditions through measures to be taken.
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- Lokman Hekim University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of
Neurology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of
Neurology, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics,
Ankara, Turkey
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- Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of
Neurology, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Ankara University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology,
Ankara, Turkey
- Ankara University, Department of Interdisciplinary Neuroscience,
Ankara, Turkey
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Kuzu Kumcu M, Tezcan Aydemir S, Ölmez B, Durmaz Çelik N, Yücesan C. Masked face recognition in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Neurol Sci 2022; 43:1549-1556. [PMID: 34988718 PMCID: PMC8731218 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-021-05797-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Background Face
and facial expression recognition abilities have been frequently evaluated in the assessment of social cognition disorders in patients with MS. Investigation of the effect of new difficulties emerging in the field of face recognition with the widespread use of masks during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on patients with MS may make new contributions to the literature. Material and methods The study included 44 patients with relapsing–remitting MS (RRMSp) and 51 controls who were matched to the case group in terms of age and education level. The Benton face recognition test-short form (BFRT-sf), Beck Depression Inventory, a close-ended 13-item survey on face recognition difficulties due to mask use during the pandemic was administered to all groups. Results In the RRMSp, the mean disease duration was 8.2 ± 5.6, the mean EDSS score was 1.2 ± 1.0, and the mean MOCA test score was 27.23 ± 2.08. The mean BFRTsf was 19.9 ± 2.4 in the RRMSp and 21.6 ± 1.8 in the healthy controls.Twenty-five percent of RRMSp and 4% of the healthy controls required people to remove their masks to be able to recognize their faces. Improvement in face recognition difficulty over time was reported as 80% in the healthy controls and 34% in the RRMSp. Conclusion RRMSp had worse performance in masked face recognition and required removal of the facial masks more often than healthy controls to recognize the faces. RRMS patients did not show as much improvement in recognizing masked faces over time according to the onset of the pandemic as healthy controls.
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Lin X, Zhang X, Liu Q, Zhao P, Zhong J, Pan P, Wang G, Yi Z. Social cognition in multiple sclerosis and its subtypes: A meta-analysis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2021; 52:102973. [PMID: 33962135 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease that disrupts several social cognitive abilities, including the theory of mind (ToM) and facial emotion recognition (FER). It is unclear how specific ToM subcomponents, including cognitive and affective ToM, are affected in patients with MS and the social cognitive abilities in MS subtypes. METHODS A search of PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase databases was conducted until June 2020. Effect sizes were calculated using Hedges g with a random-effects model. RESULTS A total of 45 studies were included. Relative to health controls (HCs), patients with MS and its subtypes (including relapsing-remitting MS [RRMS] and progressive MS) exhibited impairments in ToM (g = -0.77, g = -0.70, g = -0.75, respectively), cognitive ToM (g = -0.72, g = -0.83, g = -0.73, respectively), affective ToM (g = -0.84, g = -0.63, g = -0. 50, respectively), and FER (g = -0.62, g = -0.53, g = -1.07, respectively). In addition, there was no difference between progressive primary MS and secondary progressive MS in overall ToM, cognitive ToM, affective ToM, and FER. Compared to patients with RRMS, patients with progressive MS showed no difference in overall ToM, cognitive ToM, and affective ToM but had more serious defects in FER (g = -0.57). CONCLUSIONS These quantitative results indicate that patients with MS and its subtypes have a differential impairment of the core aspects of social cognitive processing (including ToM and FER), which may help develop the structured social cognitive interventions in MS.
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- XiaoGuang Lin
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Suqian Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Suqian, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Suqian Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Suqian, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Suqian Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Suqian, PR China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Affiliated Yancheng School of Clinical Medicine of Nanjing Medical University, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Yancheng School of Clinical Medicine of Nanjing Medical University, PR China
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Central Laboratory, Affiliated Yancheng School of Clinical Medicine of Nanjing Medical University, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Yancheng School of Clinical Medicine of Nanjing Medical University, PR China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Affiliated Yancheng School of Clinical Medicine of Nanjing Medical University, PR China.
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Ziccardi S, Pitteri M, Genova HM, Calabrese M. Social Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis: A 3-Year Follow-Up MRI and Behavioral Study. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11030484. [PMID: 33803307 PMCID: PMC8001246 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11030484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Social cognition (SC) has become a topic of widespread interest in the last decade. SC deficits were described in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, in association with amygdala lesions, even in those without formal cognitive impairment. In this 3-year follow-up study, we aimed at longitudinally investigating the evolution of SC deficits and amygdala damage in a group of cognitive-normal MS patients, and the association between SC and psychological well-being. After 3 years (T3) from the baseline examination (T0), 26 relapsing-remitting MS patients (RRMS) were retested with a neuropsychological battery and SC tasks (theory of mind, facial emotion recognition, empathy). A SC composite score (SCcomp) was calculated for each patient. Emotional state, fatigue, and quality of life (QoL) were also evaluated. RRMS patients at T3 underwent a 3T-MRI as performed at T0, from which were calculated both volume and cortical lesion volume (CLV) of the amygdalae. Compared to T0, at T3 all RRMS patients were still cognitive-normal and remained stable in their global SC impaired performance. At T0, SCcomp correlated with amygdala CLV (p = 0.002) while, at T3, was more associated with amygdala volume (p = 0.035) rather than amygdala CLV (p = 0.043). SCcomp change T3-T0 correlated with global emotional state (p = 0.043), depression (p = 0.046), anxiety (p = 0.034), fatigue (p = 0.025), and QoL-social functioning (p = 0.033). We showed the longitudinal stability of SC deficits in cognitive-normal RRMS patients, mirroring the amygdala structural damage and the psychological well-being. These results highlight that SC exerts a key role in MS.
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- Stefano Ziccardi
- Neurology Section, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy;
- Correspondence: (S.Z.); (M.C.)
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- Neurology Section, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy;
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- Kessler Foundation, 120 Eagle’Rock Ave, Suite 100, East Hanover, NJ 07936, USA;
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07101, USA
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- Neurology Section, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy;
- Correspondence: (S.Z.); (M.C.)
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Doskas T, Vavougios GD, Karampetsou P, Kormas C, Synadinakis E, Stavrogianni K, Sionidou P, Serdari A, Vorvolakos T, Iliopoulos I, Vadikolias Κ. Neurocognitive impairment and social cognition in multiple sclerosis. Int J Neurosci 2021; 132:1229-1244. [PMID: 33527857 DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2021.1879066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE/AIM OF THE STUDY The impairment of neurocognitive functions occurs in all subtypes of multiple sclerosis, even from the earliest stages of the disease. Commonly reported manifestations of cognitive impairment include deficits in attention, conceptual reasoning, processing efficiency, information processing speed, memory (episodic and working), verbal fluency (language), and executive functions. Multiple sclerosis patients also suffer from social cognition impairment, which affects their social functioning. The objective of the current paper is to assess the effect of neurocognitive impairment and its potential correlation with social cognition performance and impairment in multiple sclerosis patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS An overview of the available-to-date literature on neurocognitive impairment and social cognition performance in multiple sclerosis patients by disease subtype was performed. RESULTS It is not clear if social cognition impairment occurs independently or secondarily to neurocognitive impairment. There are associations of variable strengths between neurocognitive and social cognition deficits and their neural basis is increasingly investigated. CONCLUSIONS The prompt detection of neurocognitive predictors of social cognition impairment that may be applicable to all multiple sclerosis subtypes and intervention are crucial to prevent further neural and social cognition decline in multiple sclerosis patients.
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- Triantafyllos Doskas
- Department of Neurology, Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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Radlak B, Cooper C, Summers F, Phillips LH. Multiple sclerosis, emotion perception and social functioning. J Neuropsychol 2021; 15:500-515. [PMID: 33522134 DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) can experience problems in interpreting others' emotions from faces or voices. However, to date little is known about whether difficulties in emotion perception in MS are related to broader aspects of social functioning. Also, there are few studies reporting the effect of MS on more ecologically valid assessments of emotion perception using multimodal videos. The current study looks at (1) the effect of MS on perceiving emotions from faces, voices and multimodal videos; (2) the possible role of slowed processing and executive dysfunction in emotion perception problems in MS and (3) the relationship between emotion perception and broader social functioning in MS. 53 people with MS and 31 healthy controls completed tasks of emotion perception and cognition, and assessed their levels of social support and social participation. Participants with MS performed worse than demographically matched controls on all measures of emotion perception. Emotion perception performance was related to cognitive measures in those with MS. Also, significant associations were found between emotion perception difficulties in MS and poorer social function. In particular, people with MS who had poorer emotion perception also reported lower levels of social support from their friends, and regression analysis showed that this prediction was maintained even when disease severity and cognitive function were taken into account. These results show that problems with emotion perception in MS extend to more realistic tasks and may predict key aspects of social functioning.
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- Bogna Radlak
- School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK.,Department of Neuropsychology, Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, UK
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- Health Psychology Group, University of Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK
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Palmeri R, Lo Buono V, Bonanno L, Allone C, Drago N, Sorbera C, Cimino V, di Lorenzo G, Bramanti A, Marino S. Impaired Recognition of Facial Emotion in Patients With Parkinson Disease Under Dopamine Therapy. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2020; 33:265-271. [PMID: 31635513 DOI: 10.1177/0891988719882094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and nonmotor symptoms. The impaired ability to recognize facial emotion expressions represents an important nonmotor symptom. The aim of this study is to investigate the ability in recognizing facial emotion expressions in patients with PD under dopamine replacement therapy. METHODS Thirty medicated patients with PD and 15 healthy controls (HC) were enrolled. All participants performed the Ekman 60-Faces test for emotional recognition. All patients underwent a neuropsychological evaluation for global cognitive functioning, depression, and anxiety. RESULTS Patients with PD were impaired in recognizing emotions. Significant differences between PD and HC were found in Ekman 60-Faces test scores (P < .001), and in Ekman 60-Faces test subscales, in particular, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, and surprise (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS The nigrostriatal dopaminergic depletion seems to determine emotional information processing dysfunction. This relevant nonmotor symptom could have consequences in daily living reducing interactions and social behavioral competence.
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- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy
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- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy
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- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy
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Social Cognition Dysfunctions in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Neuroanatomical Correlates and Clinical Implications. Behav Neurol 2018; 2018:1849794. [PMID: 29854017 PMCID: PMC5944290 DOI: 10.1155/2018/1849794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Social cognitive function, involved in the perception, processing, and interpretation of social information, has been shown to be crucial for successful communication and interpersonal relationships, thereby significantly impacting mental health, well-being, and quality of life. In this regard, assessment of social cognition, mainly focusing on four key domains, such as theory of mind (ToM), emotional empathy, and social perception and behavior, has been increasingly evaluated in clinical settings, given the potential implications of impairments of these skills for therapeutic decision-making. With regard to neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), most disorders, characterized by variable disease phenotypes and progression, although similar for the unfavorable prognosis, are associated to impairments of social cognitive function, with consequent negative effects on patients' management. Specifically, in some NDs these deficits may represent core diagnostic criteria, such as for behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), or may emerge during the disease course as critical aspects, such as for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. On this background, we aimed to revise the most updated evidence on the neurobiological hypotheses derived from network-based approaches, clinical manifestations, and assessment tools of social cognitive dysfunctions in NDs, also prospecting potential benefits on patients' well-being, quality of life, and outcome derived from potential therapeutic perspectives of these deficits.
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Argaud S, Vérin M, Sauleau P, Grandjean D. Facial emotion recognition in Parkinson's disease: A review and new hypotheses. Mov Disord 2018; 33:554-567. [PMID: 29473661 PMCID: PMC5900878 DOI: 10.1002/mds.27305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder classically characterized by motor symptoms. Among them, hypomimia affects facial expressiveness and social communication and has a highly negative impact on patients' and relatives' quality of life. Patients also frequently experience nonmotor symptoms, including emotional-processing impairments, leading to difficulty in recognizing emotions from faces. Aside from its theoretical importance, understanding the disruption of facial emotion recognition in PD is crucial for improving quality of life for both patients and caregivers, as this impairment is associated with heightened interpersonal difficulties. However, studies assessing abilities in recognizing facial emotions in PD still report contradictory outcomes. The origins of this inconsistency are unclear, and several questions (regarding the role of dopamine replacement therapy or the possible consequences of hypomimia) remain unanswered. We therefore undertook a fresh review of relevant articles focusing on facial emotion recognition in PD to deepen current understanding of this nonmotor feature, exploring multiple significant potential confounding factors, both clinical and methodological, and discussing probable pathophysiological mechanisms. This led us to examine recent proposals about the role of basal ganglia-based circuits in emotion and to consider the involvement of facial mimicry in this deficit from the perspective of embodied simulation theory. We believe our findings will inform clinical practice and increase fundamental knowledge, particularly in relation to potential embodied emotion impairment in PD. © 2018 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Soizic Argaud
- Behavior and Basal Ganglia Research Unit (EA4712)University of Rennes 1RennesFrance
- Neuroscience of Emotion and Affective Dynamics laboratory, Department of Psychology and Educational SciencesUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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- Behavior and Basal Ganglia Research Unit (EA4712)University of Rennes 1RennesFrance
- Department of NeurologyRennes University HospitalRennesFrance
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- Behavior and Basal Ganglia Research Unit (EA4712)University of Rennes 1RennesFrance
- Department of NeurophysiologyRennes University HospitalRennesFrance
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- Neuroscience of Emotion and Affective Dynamics laboratory, Department of Psychology and Educational SciencesUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Swiss Center for Affective SciencesCampus BiotechGenevaSwitzerland
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, representing the primary cause of non-traumatic disability in young adults. Cognitive dysfunction can affect patients at any time during the disease process and might alter the six core functional domains. Social cognition is a multi-component construct that includes the theory of mind, empathy and social perception of emotions from facial, bodily and vocal cues. Deficits in this cognitive faculty might have a drastic impact on interpersonal relationships and quality of life (QoL). Although exhaustive data exist for non-social cognitive functions in MS, only a little attention has been paid for social cognition. The objectives of the present work are to reappraise the definition and anatomy of social cognition and evaluate the integrity of this domain across MS studies. We will put special emphasis on neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies concerning social cognitive performance in MS. METHODS Studies were selected in conformity with PRISMA guidelines. We looked for computerized databases (PubMed, Medline, and Scopus) that index peer-reviewed journals to identify published reports in English and French languages that mention social cognition and multiple sclerosis, regardless of publication year. We combined keywords as follows: (facial emotion or facial expression or emotional facial expressions or theory of mind or social cognition or empathy or affective prosody) AND multiple sclerosis AND (MRI or functional MRI or positron emission tomography or functional imaging or structural imaging). We also scanned references from articles aiming to get additional relevant studies. RESULTS In total, 26 studies matched the abovementioned criteria (26 neuropsychological studies including five neuroimaging studies). Available data support the presence of social cognitive deficits even at early stages of MS. The increase in disease burden along with the "multiple disconnection syndrome" resulting from gray and white matters pathology might exceed the "threshold for cerebral tolerance" and can manifest as deficits in social cognition. Admitting the impact of the latter on patients' social functioning, a thorough screening for such deficits is crucial to improving patients' QoL. (JINS, 2017, 23, 266-286).
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Social cognition according to cognitive impairment in different clinical phenotypes of multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 2017; 264:740-748. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-017-8417-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Revised: 02/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Bora E, Özakbaş S, Velakoulis D, Walterfang M. Social Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis: a Meta-Analysis. Neuropsychol Rev 2016; 26:160-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s11065-016-9320-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Impaired neural processing of dynamic faces in left-onset Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia 2016; 82:123-133. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Revised: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Löffler LAK, Radke S, Morawetz C, Derntl B. Emotional dysfunctions in neurodegenerative diseases. J Comp Neurol 2015; 524:1727-43. [PMID: 26011035 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized primarily by motor signs but are also accompanied by emotional disturbances. Because of the limited knowledge about these dysfunctions, this Review provides an overview of emotional competencies in Huntington's disease (HD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and multiple sclerosis (MS), with a focus on emotion recognition, emotion regulation, and depression. Most studies indicate facial emotion recognition deficits in HD and PD, whereas data for MS are inconsistent. On a neural level, dysfunctions of amygdala and striatum, among others, have been linked to these impairments. These dysfunctions also tap brain regions that are part of the emotion regulation network, suggesting problems in this competency, too. Research points to dysfunctional emotion regulation in MS, whereas findings for PD and HD are missing. The high prevalence of depression in all three disorders emphasizes the need for effective therapies. Research on emotional disturbances might improve treatment, thereby increasing patients' and caregivers' well-being.
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- Leonie A K Löffler
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, 52074, Aachen, Germany.,JARA-Translational Brain Medicine, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, 52074, Aachen, Germany.,JARA-Translational Brain Medicine, 52074, Aachen, Germany.,Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Center Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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Marneweck M, Hammond G. Discriminating facial expressions of emotion and its link with perceiving visual form in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Sci 2014; 346:149-55. [PMID: 25179875 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Revised: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We investigated the link between the ability to perceive facial expressions of emotion and the ability to perceive visual form in Parkinson's disease (PD). We assessed in individuals with PD and healthy controls the ability to discriminate graded intensities of facial expressions of anger from neutral expressions and the ability to discriminate radial frequency (RF) patterns with modulations in amplitude from a perfect circle. Those with PD were, as a group, impaired relative to controls in discriminating graded intensities of angry from neutral expressions and discriminating modulated amplitudes of RF patterns from perfect circles; these two abilities correlated positively and moderately to highly, even after removing the variance that was shared with disease progression and general cognitive functioning. The results indicate that the impaired ability to perceive visual form is likely to contribute to the impaired ability to perceive facial expressions of emotion in PD, and that both are related to the progression of the disease.
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- School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Australia
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Berneiser J, Wendt J, Grothe M, Kessler C, Hamm AO, Dressel A. Impaired recognition of emotional facial expressions in patients with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2014; 3:482-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2014.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Facial expression recognition impairment has been reported in Parkinson's disease. While some authors have referred to specific emotional disabilities, others view them as secondary to executive deficits frequently described in the disease, such as working memory. The present study aims to analyze the relationship between working memory and facial expression recognition abilities in Parkinson's disease. We observed 50 patients with Parkinson's disease and 49 healthy controls by means of an n-back procedure with four types of stimuli: emotional facial expressions, gender, spatial locations, and non-sense syllables. Other executive and visuospatial neuropsychological tests were also administered. Results showed that Parkinson's disease patients with high levels of disability performed worse than healthy individuals on the emotional facial expression and spatial location tasks. Moreover, spatial location task performance was correlated with executive neuropsychological scores, but emotional facial expression was not. Thus, working memory seems to be altered in Parkinson's disease, particularly in tasks that involve the appreciation of spatial relationships in stimuli. Additionally, non-executive, facial emotional recognition difficulty seems to be present and related to disease progression.
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Alonso-Recio L, Serrano JM, Martín P. Selective attention and facial expression recognition in patients with Parkinson's disease. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2014; 29:374-84. [PMID: 24760956 DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acu018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) has been associated with facial expression recognition difficulties. However, this impairment could be secondary to the one produced in other cognitive processes involved in recognition, such as selective attention. This study investigates the influence of two selective attention components (inhibition and visual search) on facial expression recognition in PD. We compared facial expression and non-emotional stimuli recognition abilities of 51 patients and 51 healthy controls, by means of an adapted Stroop task, and by "The Face in the Crowd" paradigm, which assess Inhibition and Visual Search abilities, respectively. Patients scored worse than controls in both tasks with facial expressions, but not with the other nonemotional stimuli, indicating specific emotional recognition impairment, not dependent on selective attention abilities. This should be taken into account in patients' neuropsychological assessment given the relevance of emotional facial expression for social communication in everyday settings.
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- Laura Alonso-Recio
- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, Collado Villalba, Madrid 28400, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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Emotional and neutral verbal memory impairment in Multiple Sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 2014; 341:28-31. [PMID: 24713509 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND A defective emotional enhancement of verbal memory (VM) performances has been reported in different neurological diseases. OBJECTIVES To assess the emotional enhancement of VM in 22 Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS) suggestive of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and 49 Relapsing (RR) MS patients in comparison to 32 Healthy Controls (HC). METHODS Immediate and delayed recall of VM was assessed using the Selective Reminding Test (SRT). A list of 12 emotionally significant words was used to evaluate the Emotional (E) variants of the SRT. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory. RESULTS The prevalence of depression did not differ between RRMS and CIS patients. Both patient groups showed poorer (p<0.01) VM performances in comparison to HC in all the SRT tasks, but no difference was found between the two patient groups. Emotionally salient words were more (p<0.0001) recalled than neutral words in HC and CIS, but not in RRMS patients, while performing the immediate recall tasks. Delayed recall was not affected by emotional stimuli in both CIS and RR MS groups. The presence of depressive symptoms did not influence the VM performances. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate a defective emotional enhancement of VM in definite MS and, although to a lesser extent, in CIS patients.
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Mike A, Strammer E, Aradi M, Orsi G, Perlaki G, Hajnal A, Sandor J, Banati M, Illes E, Zaitsev A, Herold R, Guttmann CRG, Illes Z. Disconnection mechanism and regional cortical atrophy contribute to impaired processing of facial expressions and theory of mind in multiple sclerosis: a structural MRI study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82422. [PMID: 24349280 PMCID: PMC3862626 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Successful socialization requires the ability of understanding of others' mental states. This ability called as mentalization (Theory of Mind) may become deficient and contribute to everyday life difficulties in multiple sclerosis. We aimed to explore the impact of brain pathology on mentalization performance in multiple sclerosis. Mentalization performance of 49 patients with multiple sclerosis was compared to 24 age- and gender matched healthy controls. T1- and T2-weighted three-dimensional brain MRI images were acquired at 3Tesla from patients with multiple sclerosis and 18 gender- and age matched healthy controls. We assessed overall brain cortical thickness in patients with multiple sclerosis and the scanned healthy controls, and measured the total and regional T1 and T2 white matter lesion volumes in patients with multiple sclerosis. Performances in tests of recognition of mental states and emotions from facial expressions and eye gazes correlated with both total T1-lesion load and regional T1-lesion load of association fiber tracts interconnecting cortical regions related to visual and emotion processing (genu and splenium of corpus callosum, right inferior longitudinal fasciculus, right inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, uncinate fasciculus). Both of these tests showed correlations with specific cortical areas involved in emotion recognition from facial expressions (right and left fusiform face area, frontal eye filed), processing of emotions (right entorhinal cortex) and socially relevant information (left temporal pole). Thus, both disconnection mechanism due to white matter lesions and cortical thinning of specific brain areas may result in cognitive deficit in multiple sclerosis affecting emotion and mental state processing from facial expressions and contributing to everyday and social life difficulties of these patients.
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- Andrea Mike
- Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
- Center for Neurological Imaging, Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Diagnostic Center of Pecs, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Diagnostic Center of Pecs, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
- MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pecs, Hungary
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- Diagnostic Center of Pecs, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
- MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Faculty of Public Health, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Center for Neurological Imaging, Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Center for Neurological Imaging, Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
- MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pecs, Hungary
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Research, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Alonso-Recio L, Martín P, Rubio S, Serrano JM. Discrimination and categorization of emotional facial expressions and faces in Parkinson's disease. J Neuropsychol 2013; 8:269-88. [PMID: 23992026 DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Our objective was to compare the ability to discriminate and categorize emotional facial expressions (EFEs) and facial identity characteristics (age and/or gender) in a group of 53 individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) and another group of 53 healthy subjects. On the one hand, by means of discrimination and identification tasks, we compared two stages in the visual recognition process that could be selectively affected in individuals with PD. On the other hand, facial expression versus gender and age comparison permits us to contrast whether the emotional or non-emotional content influences the configural perception of faces. In Experiment I, we did not find differences between groups, either with facial expression or age, in discrimination tasks. Conversely, in Experiment II, we found differences between the groups, but only in the EFE identification task. Taken together, our results indicate that configural perception of faces does not seem to be globally impaired in PD. However, this ability is selectively altered when the categorization of emotional faces is required. A deeper assessment of the PD group indicated that decline in facial expression categorization is more evident in a subgroup of patients with higher global impairment (motor and cognitive). Taken together, these results suggest that the problems found in facial expression recognition may be associated with the progressive neuronal loss in frontostriatal and mesolimbic circuits, which characterizes PD.
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- Laura Alonso-Recio
- Department of Biological and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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Dondaine T, Péron J. [Emotion and basal ganglia (I): what can we learn from Parkinson's disease?]. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2012; 168:634-41. [PMID: 22898560 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2012.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2012] [Revised: 06/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Parkinson's disease provides a useful model for studying the neural substrates of emotional processing. The striato-thalamo-cortical circuits, like the mesolimbic dopamine system that modulates their function, are thought to be involved in emotional processing. As Parkinson's disease is histopathologically characterized by the selective, progressive and chronic degeneration of the nigrostriatal and mesocorticolimbic dopamine systems, it can therefore serve as a model for assessing the functional role of these circuits in humans. In the present review, after a definition of emotional processing from a multicomponential perspective, a synopsis of the emotional disturbances observed in Parkinson's disease is proposed. Note that the studies on the affective consequences of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease were excluded from this review because the subject of a companion paper in this issue. This review leads to the conclusion that several emotional components would be disrupted in Parkinson's disease: subjective feeling, neurophysiological activation, and motor expression. We then discuss the functional roles of the striato-thalamo-cortical and mesolimbic circuits, ending with the conclusion that both these pathways are indeed involved in emotional processing.
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- T Dondaine
- EA 4712 « behavior and basal ganglia », université Rennes, Rennes, France.
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Péron J, Dondaine T, Le Jeune F, Grandjean D, Vérin M. Emotional processing in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review. Mov Disord 2011; 27:186-99. [PMID: 22162004 DOI: 10.1002/mds.24025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2011] [Revised: 09/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease provides a useful model for studying the neural substrates of emotional processing. The striato-thalamo-cortical circuits, like the mesolimbic dopamine system that modulates their function, are thought to be involved in emotional processing. As Parkinson's disease is histopathologically characterized by the selective, progressive, and chronic degeneration of the nigrostriatal and mesocorticolimbic dopamine systems, it can therefore serve as a model for assessing the functional role of these circuits in humans. In the present review, we begin by providing a synopsis of the emotional disturbances observed in Parkinson's disease. We then discuss the functional roles of the striato-thalamo-cortical and mesolimbic circuits, ending with the conclusion that both these pathways are indeed involved in emotional processing.
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- Julie Péron
- Behavior and Basal Ganglia Research Unit (EM 425), University of Rennes 1, Hôpital Pontchaillou, CHU de Rennes, Rennes, France.
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Di Bitonto L, Longato N, Jung B, Fleury M, Marcel C, Collongues N, de Seze J, Blanc F. Moindre réactivité émotionnelle aux stimuli négatifs dans la sclérose en plaques, résultats préliminaires. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2011; 167:820-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2011.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2010] [Revised: 01/11/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Narme P, Bonnet AM, Dubois B, Chaby L. Understanding facial emotion perception in Parkinson's disease: The role of configural processing. Neuropsychologia 2011; 49:3295-302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Revised: 06/28/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Kwan LC, Whitehill TL. Perception of speech by individuals with Parkinson's disease: a review. PARKINSONS DISEASE 2011; 2011:389767. [PMID: 21961077 PMCID: PMC3179876 DOI: 10.4061/2011/389767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2011] [Revised: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A few clinical reports and empirical studies have suggested a possible deficit in the perception of speech in individuals with Parkinson's disease. In this paper, these studies are reviewed in an attempt to support clinical anecdotal observations by relevant empirical research findings. The combined evidence suggests a possible deficit in patients' perception of their own speech loudness. Other research studies on the perception of speech in this population were reviewed, in a broader scope of the perception of emotional prosody. These studies confirm that Parkinson's disease specifically impairs patients' perception of verbal emotions. However, explanations of the nature and causes of this perceptual deficit are still limited. Future research directions are suggested.
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- Lorinda C Kwan
- Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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Johnston L, Carter J, Mclellan T. Don't Dwell on it: The Impact of Rumination on Emotional Sensitivity. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2011. [DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2011.30.5.506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Alexithymia and impaired facial affect recognition in multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 2011; 258:1683-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Revised: 02/22/2011] [Accepted: 03/07/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Krause M, Wendt J, Dressel A, Berneiser J, Kessler C, Hamm AO, Lotze M. Prefrontal function associated with impaired emotion recognition in patients with multiple sclerosis. Behav Brain Res 2009; 205:280-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Revised: 08/03/2009] [Accepted: 08/08/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The recognition of facial emotion expressions in Parkinson's disease. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2008; 18:835-48. [PMID: 18707851 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2008.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2008] [Revised: 06/19/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A limited number of studies in Parkinson's Disease (PD) suggest a disturbance of recognition of facial emotion expressions. In particular, disgust recognition impairment has been reported in unmedicated and medicated PD patients. However, the results are rather inconclusive in the definition of the degree and the selectivity of emotion recognition impairment, and an associated impairment of almost all basic facial emotions in PD is also described. Few studies have investigated the relationship with neuropsychiatric and neuropsychological symptoms with mainly negative results. This inconsistency may be due to many different problems, such as emotion assessment, perception deficit, cognitive impairment, behavioral symptoms, illness severity and antiparkinsonian therapy. Here we review the clinical characteristics and neural structures involved in the recognition of specific facial emotion expressions, and the plausible role of dopamine transmission and dopamine replacement therapy in these processes. It is clear that future studies should be directed to clarify all these issues.
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Johnston L, Miles L, McKinlay A. A critical review of the eyes test as a measure of social-cognitive impairment. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/00049530701449521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Lucy Johnston
- Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Suzuki A, Hoshino T, Shigemasu K, Kawamura M. Decline or improvement? Biol Psychol 2007; 74:75-84. [PMID: 16934918 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2005] [Revised: 07/14/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We examined age-related differences in facial expression recognition in association with potentially interfering variables such as general cognitive ability (verbal and visuospatial abilities), face recognition ability, and the experiences of positive and negative emotions. Participants comprised 34 older (aged 62-81 years) and 34 younger (aged 18-25 years) healthy Japanese adults. The results showed not only age-related decline in sadness recognition but also age-related improvement in disgust recognition. Among other variables, visuospatial ability was moderately related to facial expression recognition in general, and the experience of negative emotions was related to sadness recognition. Consequently, age-related decline in sadness recognition was statistically explained by age-related decrease in the experience of negative emotions. On the other hand, age-related improvement in disgust recognition was not explained by the interfering variables, and it reflected a higher tendency in the younger participants to mistake disgust for anger. Possible mechanisms are discussed in terms of neurobiological and socio-environmental factors.
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- Atsunobu Suzuki
- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
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Lawrence AD, Goerendt IK, Brooks DJ. Impaired recognition of facial expressions of anger in Parkinson's disease patients acutely withdrawn from dopamine replacement therapy. Neuropsychologia 2007; 45:65-74. [PMID: 16780901 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We have previously reported that acute dopaminergic blockade in healthy volunteers results in a transient disruption of the recognition of facial expressions of anger, whilst leaving intact the recognition of other facial expressions (including fear and disgust) and facial identity processing. Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by cell loss in dopaminergic neuronal populations, and hence we predicted that PD would be associated with impaired anger recognition. We reasoned that treatment with dopamine replacement therapy (DRT) could mask any deficit present in PD, and therefore studied facial expression recognition in a group of PD patients transiently withdrawn from DRT. Seventeen PD patients were compared to 21 age- and IQ-matched controls on the Ekman 60 task, which required the forced-choice labelling of 10 exemplars of each of six facial expressions (anger, disgust, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise). In line with our predictions, PD patients showed a selective impairment in the recognition of facial expressions of anger. This deficit was not related to the PD patients' performance on the Benton unfamiliar-face matching task, which was normal, nor was the deficit related to overall disease severity, or to depression symptoms. However, as predicted by simulation theories, impaired anger recognition in PD was related to reduced levels of the anger-linked temperament trait, exploratory excitability. The results extend our previous findings of a role for dopamine in the processing of facial expressions of anger, and demonstrate the power of adopting a phylogenetic, comparative perspective on emotions.
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- Andrew D Lawrence
- MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Rd, Cambridge CB2 2EF, UK.
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Suzuki A, Hoshino T, Shigemasu K, Kawamura M. Disgust-specific impairment of facial expression recognition in Parkinson's disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 129:707-17. [PMID: 16415306 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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There is contradictory evidence regarding whether the impairments of the recognition of emotional facial expressions in Parkinson's disease are specific to certain emotions such as disgust and fear. Generally, neurological case reports on emotion-specific impairments have been suspected of being confounded with the factor of task difficulty. Using a refined assessment method in which the difficulty factors were controlled by means of mixed facial expressions and item response theory, we attempted to clarify whether Parkinson's disease disproportionately impaired the recognition of specific emotions. We studied 14 patients with Parkinson's disease and 39 healthy controls who were matched in terms of gender, age, years of education and intelligence quotient. Whereas the refined method revealed that the patients with Parkinson's disease displayed significantly lower scores in disgust recognition alone, conventional methods failed to detect this impairment. In addition, control measures including face recognition abilities did not statistically explain the impairment observed in the patients. The results indicate that Parkinson's disease can indeed selectively impair the recognition of facial expressions of disgust; this provides concrete evidence for emotion-specific impairments that sufficiently withstands criticisms regarding the difficulty artefacts. Furthermore, the results support the proposed role of the basal ganglia-insula system in disgust recognition. This study effectively demonstrates the benefits of refining neuropsychological assessment by taking advantage of the modern psychometric theory.
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- Atsunobu Suzuki
- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Japan
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Pell MD, Leonard CL. Facial expression decoding in early Parkinson's disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 23:327-40. [PMID: 15820640 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2004] [Revised: 11/02/2004] [Accepted: 11/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ability to derive emotional and non-emotional information from unfamiliar, static faces was evaluated in 21 adults with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and 21 healthy control subjects. Participants' sensitivity to emotional expressions was comprehensively assessed in tasks of discrimination, identification, and rating of five basic emotions: happiness, (pleasant) surprise, anger, disgust, and sadness. Subjects also discriminated and identified faces according to underlying phonemic ("facial speech") cues and completed a neuropsychological test battery. Results uncovered limited evidence that the processing of emotional faces differed between the two groups in our various conditions, adding to recent arguments that these skills are frequently intact in non-demented adults with PD [R. Adolphs, R. Schul, D. Tranel, Intact recognition of facial emotion in Parkinson's disease, Neuropsychology 12 (1998) 253-258]. Patients could also accurately interpret facial speech cues and discriminate the identity of unfamiliar faces in a normal manner. There were some indications that basal ganglia pathology in PD contributed to selective difficulties recognizing facial expressions of disgust, consistent with a growing literature on this topic. Collectively, findings argue that abnormalities for face processing are not a consistent or generalized feature of medicated adults with mild-moderate PD, prompting discussion of issues that may be contributing to heterogeneity within this literature. Our results imply a more limited role for the basal ganglia in the processing of emotion from static faces relative to speech prosody, for which the same PD patients exhibited pronounced deficits in a parallel set of tasks [M.D. Pell, C. Leonard, Processing emotional tone from speech in Parkinson's disease: a role for the basal ganglia, Cogn. Affect. Behav. Neurosci. 3 (2003) 275-288]. These diverging patterns allow for the possibility that basal ganglia mechanisms are more engaged by temporally-encoded social information derived from cue sequences over time.
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- Marc D Pell
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, 1266 ave. des Pins ouest, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 1A8.
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Pell MD, Leonard CL. Processing emotional tone from speech in Parkinson's disease: a role for the basal ganglia. COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 2004; 3:275-88. [PMID: 15040548 DOI: 10.3758/cabn.3.4.275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In this study, individuals with Parkinson's disease were tested as a model for basal ganglia dysfunction to infer how these structures contribute to the processing of emotional speech tone (emotional prosody). Nondemented individuals with and without Parkinson's disease (n = 21/group) completed neuropsychological tests and tasks that required them to process the meaning of emotional prosody in various ways (discrimination, identification, emotional feature rating). Individuals with basal ganglia disease exhibited abnormally reduced sensitivity to the emotional significance of prosody in a range of contexts, a deficit that could not be attributed to changes in mood, emotional-symbolic processing, or estimated frontal lobe cognitive resource limitations in most conditions. On the basis of these and broader findings in the literature, it is argued that the basal ganglia provide a critical mechanism for reinforcing the behavioral significance of prosodic patterns and other temporal representations derived from cue sequences (Lieberman, 2000), facilitating cortical elaboration of these events.
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- Marc D Pell
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Zgaljardic DJ, Borod JC, Foldi NS, Mattis P. A review of the cognitive and behavioral sequelae of Parkinson's disease: relationship to frontostriatal circuitry. Cogn Behav Neurol 2004; 16:193-210. [PMID: 14665819 DOI: 10.1097/00146965-200312000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 289] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative hypokinetic movement disorder presenting with subcortical pathology and characterized by motor deficits. However, as is frequently reported in the literature, patients with Parkinson's disease can also exhibit cognitive and behavioral impairments. These impairments may be attributed to dysfunction of multiple systems associated with the disease process in Parkinson's disease that are not necessarily related to motor symptoms. In recent years, considerable attention has addressed the circuits connecting the frontal cortical regions and the basal ganglia (i.e., frontostriatal circuits) and how they mediate cognition and behavior in humans. It has been suggested that these same circuits are disrupted in Parkinson's disease and may be responsible for the frontal/executive deficits predominantly reported in this patient population. OBJECTIVE The current survey of the literature provides a critique and analysis of the neuropsychological profile of Parkinson's disease, including cognitive impairments, behavioral alterations, and emotional processing deficits. A special feature of this paper is to ascertain how frontostriatal circuitry might provide the substrate for the neuropsychological impairments exhibited in Parkinson's disease. In so doing, studies involving nonhuman subjects, neurologically healthy adults, brain-lesioned individuals, and patients with Parkinson's disease are reviewed to provide a novel perspective in conceptualizing and categorizing the cognitive and behavioral sequelae concomitant to specific frontostriatal circuit dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. CONCLUSIONS The current review suggests that the neuropsychological profile of Parkinson's disease, which predominantly reflects frontal/executive dysfunction, may be attributed to disruption of the frontostriatal circuitry. The information generated from this review can serve as a guide in the assessment of frontal/executive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease with suggestions for a clinical neuropsychological test battery.
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- Dennis J Zgaljardic
- Queens College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York 11367, USA.
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INTRODUCTION Theory-of-mind (ToM) refers to the ability to understand and predict the behaviour of others based on their mental states. Research from brain imaging and lesion studies indicate that the frontal lobes are both involved and necessary to understand mental states. METHODS A total of 13 people with Parkinson's disease were compared with 11 age-matched controls on tasks involving ToM, based on the hypothesis that the frontal lobes are affected by Parkinson's disease. The four tasks included both ToM and non-ToM components, such as memory, to investigate the specific nature of the deficit. RESULTS The group with Parkinson's disease scored significantly lower on three out of four of the ToM components of the tasks, relative to controls, but were not impaired on any of the non-ToM components of the four tasks. CONCLUSION The results suggest the impairment was specific to ToM and thus have implications for a dedicated specific ToM module.
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Deficits in cognition have been repeatedly documented in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but their ability to comprehend emotional information has received little study. Forty-seven patients with MS and 19 demographic controls received the comprehension portion of the Aprosodia Battery, which is known to be sensitive to the impairments of patients with strokes and other neurological conditions. Patients also received tests of hearing, verbal comprehension and naming, a short cognitive battery, and the Beck Depression Inventory. Patients with MS were impaired in identifying emotional states from prosodic cues. The magnitude of the deficits was greatest for patients with severe physical disability and under test conditions of limited prosodic information. Correlational analyses suggested that the patients' difficulties in comprehending affective prosodic information were not secondary to hearing loss, aphasic deficits, cognitive impairment, or depression. For some patients with MS, deficits in comprehending emotional information may contribute to their difficulties in maintaining effective social interactions.
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- William W Beatty
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA.
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Haeske-Dewick HC. Are perception and memory for faces influenced by a specific age at onset factor in Parkinson's disease? Neuropsychologia 1996; 34:315-20. [PMID: 8657362 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00109-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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This study investigated the possibility that a specific age at onset factor in Parkinson's disease results in qualitative differences in cognitive functioning between early- and late-onset patients without dementia. Both early- and late-onset patients performed more poorly than matched controls on face-matching, recognition memory for unfamiliar faces and famous face identification. When the performance of the early- and late-onset patients was contrasted, alongside that of controls, both Parkinson's disease and age were found to be factors that influenced cognitive ability. No interaction between these factors emerged. These results suggest that performance of early- and late-onset Parkinson's disease patients without dementia may be quantitatively different and lend no further support to the proposal that two separate disorders exist.
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- H C Haeske-Dewick
- Neurologisches Therapiecentrum gemGmbH, Institut an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
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Dewick HC, Hanley JR, Davies AD, Playfer J, Turnbull C. Perception and memory for faces in Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia 1991; 29:785-802. [PMID: 1944878 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(91)90072-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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This study investigated face processing abilities in patients with late-onset Parkinson's disease. In the first experiment, the Parkinson's disease patients were impaired on a recognition memory test for unfamiliar faces but showed no deficit relative to controls in recognition memory for words. The Parkinson's disease patients were also impaired at matching different photographs of unfamiliar faces. Experiment 2 revealed that the memory deficit affected recognition of familiar as well as unfamiliar faces and extended the face perception impairment to sex decisions and to the analysis of facial speech. An additional verbal recognition memory test again revealed no significant differences between the performance of the Parkinson's disease and control groups. It is argued that the memory impairment is not accountable for simply in terms of the perceptual deficits, and the problems that the patients experience are discussed in terms of the functional model of face processing put forward by Bruce and Young (Brit. J. Psychol. 77, 305-327, 1986).
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- H C Dewick
- Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, U.K
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A recent report found that the discrepancy between scaled scores on the Vocabulary and Picture Arrangement subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) was much larger for patients with Parkinson's disease than for healthy controls or patients with Alzheimer's disease. On this basis, it was argued that Parkinson's disease causes a specific deficit in cognitive sequencing that occurs even when the memory and speed requirements of the task are minimal. However, other work indicated that Parkinson's disease patients are almost as severely impaired on other Performance subtests from the WAIS-R that do not require sequencing. In the present study, an extremely simple, untimed test of picture sequencing and a version of the Luria three-step test of motor sequencing were employed. Parkinson's disease patients were impaired on both tasks. The extent of their impairments on picture and motor sequencing were positively correlated, and the severity of deficits on both sequencing tests was related to global mental status and to performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, but not to neurologic measures of disease severity. However, the patients' performance on the picture sequencing test but not on the motor sequencing test was related to performance on Benton's Facial Recognition Test. These results demonstrate the existence of a generalized sequencing deficit in Parkinson's disease that appears dissociable from impairment in performing simple motor acts.
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- W W Beatty
- Clinical Neuroscience Research Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo
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