Acute stroke effects on emotions: an interpretation through the mirror system
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Purpose of review The most recent reports on emotional consequences of stroke are hereby reviewed and analyzed. In particular the interpretation of some neurological presentations found in stroke patients, such as athymormia, dysprosody, emotional incontinence and emotional blunting is discussed. As current theories on mental functions do not provide satisfactory explanations for the above syndromes, a novel interpretative framework is proposed, based on neuropsychological experimental data on the 'mirror system'. Recent findings Recent findings support both the fundamental role of the mirror system in imitative processes as well as the relevance of imitation for the emotional part of human personality and behavior. Summary The mirror system appears to be of paramount relevance for empathy and social behavior. The model of analysis-by-synthesis is here discussed, together with neurological presentations resulting from stroke induced impairments of the mirror system. Speculations for further researches are also proposed.
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Stroke patients with insular lesions showed a significantly greater deficit in emotion recognition than other stroke patients.
“Stroke patients with insular lesions showed a significantly greater deficit in emotion recognition than other stroke patients”
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- Authors
- Bodini, B., Iacoboni, M., & Lenzi, G. L.
- Affiliations
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lenzi, Gian Luigi
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Neurology
- Published
- 2004-02
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 55-60
- ISSN
- 1350-7540 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2103834534
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 3.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Neurology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Keywords
- stroke, mirror system, dysprosody, emotional incontinence, emotional blunting, imitation, empathy, social behavior, analysis-by-synthesis, emotional prosody
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Affective Symptoms, Animals, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Empathy, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Limbic System, Motor Cortex, Motor Neurons, Neurons, Neuropsychological Tests, Prognosis, Social Behavior, Stroke
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