Abstract
Deficits in emotional decoding abilities were described in patients with Alzheimer's dementia and amnestic type of mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI). However the pattern of decline and its dependency on the type of emotional stimuli has not been investigated so far. In our study, 5 sets of cartoon-like drawings portraying various human emotions of increasing complexity were presented to patients with very mild and mild Alzheimer's dementia, a-MCI and control subjects. Patients with Alzheimer's dementia, a-MCI and control subjects decoded emotions with similar accuracy. The pattern of decoding abilities was similar in Alzheimer's dementia, a-MCI patients and healthy control subjects. Decoding abilities depended on a manner the emotional stimuli were presented.
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, emotions decoding ability, emotions communicating channels, facial emotional stimuli, mild cognitive impairment.
Current Alzheimer Research
Title:A Comparison of Emotional Decoding Abilities in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, Very Mild and Mild Alzheimer’s Disease
Volume: 11 Issue: 2
Author(s): Aleksandra Klimkowicz-Mrowiec, Lukasz Krzywoszanski, Karolina Spisak, Bryan E. Donohue, Andrzej Szczudlik and Agnieszka Slowik
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Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, emotions decoding ability, emotions communicating channels, facial emotional stimuli, mild cognitive impairment.
Abstract: Deficits in emotional decoding abilities were described in patients with Alzheimer's dementia and amnestic type of mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI). However the pattern of decline and its dependency on the type of emotional stimuli has not been investigated so far. In our study, 5 sets of cartoon-like drawings portraying various human emotions of increasing complexity were presented to patients with very mild and mild Alzheimer's dementia, a-MCI and control subjects. Patients with Alzheimer's dementia, a-MCI and control subjects decoded emotions with similar accuracy. The pattern of decoding abilities was similar in Alzheimer's dementia, a-MCI patients and healthy control subjects. Decoding abilities depended on a manner the emotional stimuli were presented.
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Klimkowicz-Mrowiec Aleksandra, Krzywoszanski Lukasz, Spisak Karolina, Donohue E. Bryan, Szczudlik Andrzej and Slowik Agnieszka, A Comparison of Emotional Decoding Abilities in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, Very Mild and Mild Alzheimer’s Disease, Current Alzheimer Research 2014; 11 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205010666131212120020
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205010666131212120020 |
Print ISSN 1567-2050 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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