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Recognition of Positive Vocalizations Is Impaired in Behavioral-Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2013

Sharpley Hsieh ,
John R Hodges  and
Olivier Piguet
Sharpley Hsieh
Affiliation:
Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
John R Hodges
Affiliation:
Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
Olivier Piguet*
Affiliation:
Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to: Olivier Piguet, Neuroscience Research Australia, PO Box 1165, Randwick, NSW, 2031. E-mail: o.piguet@neura.edu.au
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Abstract

Recognition of negative emotions is impaired in behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). Less is known about the identification of positive emotions. One limitation likely arises from the stimulus sets used in previous studies. The widely used Ekman 60 Faces Test, for example, consists of four negative emotions (anger, fear, disgust and sadness) but only one positive emotion (happiness). Here, patients with bvFTD (n = 9), AD (n = 9), and controls (n = 15) recognized a range of experimentally-validated positive and negative non-verbal vocalizations (e.g., cheers for triumph; retching for disgust) that have recently become available. The bvFTD group was impaired in the recognition of both positive and negative vocalizations. In contrast, performance in the AD cohort was comparable to that of controls. Findings in the bvFTD group point to a global emotion recognition deficit in this syndrome. These results are consistent with a growing body of research showing that deficits also extend to positive emotions. (JINS, 2013, 19, 1–5)

Keywords

dementiaAlzheimer's diseaseEmotion recognitionFacesVoicesFrontotemporal dementia
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Brief Communication
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , April 2013 , pp. 483 - 487
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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2013

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