Evidence for deficits in facial affect recognition and theory of mind in multiple sclerosis
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a white matter disease associated with neurocognitive difficulties. More recently the potential for white matter pathology to also disrupt important aspects of emotion understanding has been recognized. However, no study to date has assessed whether capacity for facial affect recognition and theory of mind (ToM) is disrupted in MS, or whether any observed deficits are related to more general cognitive impairment. In the present study MS participants ( n = 27) and nonclinical controls ( n = 30) were administered measures of facial affect recognition, ToM, and cognitive functioning. MS participants were significantly impaired on the ToM task, and also presented with specific deficits decoding facial emotions of anger and fear. Performance on the measures of facial affect recognition and ToM were related to general cognitive functioning, and in particular, measures sensitive to executive dysfunction and information processing speed. These data highlight the need for future research to more fully delineate the extent and implications of emotion understanding difficulties in this population. ( JINS , 2009, 15 , 277–285.)
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The Eyes Test has been shown to be moderately to strongly related with measures of emotion perception ability.
“In particular, the Eyes Test has been shown to be moderately to strongly related with measures of emotion perception ability (Henry et al., 2009; Petroni et al., 2011).”
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The moderate relation between the Eyes Test and Emotion Perception is supported in the literature.
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- Authors
- HENRY, J. D., PHILLIPS, L. H., BEATTY, W. W., MCDONALD, S., LONGLEY, W. A., JOSCELYNE, A., & RENDELL, P. G.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- HENRY, JULIE D.
- Venue
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2009-03
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 277-285
- ISSN
- 1355-6177 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7661
- OpenAlex
- W2171219876
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 4.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Multiple Sclerosis Australia
- University of New South Wales
- Australian Research Council
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- multiple sclerosis, facial expression recognition, theory of mind, emotional understanding, white matter disease, fear, executive dysfunction, processing speed, cognitive impairment
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cognition Disorders, Emotions, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuropsychological Tests, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Linear Models, Recognition, Psychology
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