Empathy and emotion recognition in semantic dementia: A case report
Empathy and emotion recognition in semantic dementia: A case report
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DOI：
10.1016/j.bandc.2009.02.009
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发表时间：
2009-08-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Miniussi, Carlo
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作者：
Calabria, Marco;Cotelli, Maria;Miniussi, Carlo
最近的研究表明，额颞叶变性（FTLD）患者表现出共情和情绪处理的障碍。在这项研究中，我们研究了两个不同的方面，这些能力的患者与语义痴呆（SD），FTLD的变体。第一个方面是通过人际反应指数评估共情的认知和情感成分。第二个是使用Ekman 60 Faces Test命名和理解情绪。患者的情感词汇知识得以保留，同理心的情感方面得以保留。相反，当一个情感词必须与一张图片相匹配时，病人在所有基本情感方面的表现都低于平均水平。然而，当图片对图片匹配进行测试时，患者能够识别快乐。这个病例是一个很好的例子，说明了SD患者的内隐和外显情绪功能的分离。结果进行了讨论，在FTLD的共情行为和情感功能受损。(C)2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Recent Studies have demonstrated that patients suffering from frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) show impairments in empathy and emotional processing. In this study, we examined two different aspects of these abilities in a patient with semantic dementia (SD), a variant of FTLD. The first aspect was the assessment of the cognitive and emotional components of empathy through the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. The second was the naming and comprehension of emotions using the Ekman 60 Faces Test. The patient's emotion word knowledge was spared and the emotional aspects of empathy preserved. Conversely, the patient performed below average for all of the basic emotions when an emotion word had to be matched with a picture. When picture-to-picture matching was tested, however, the patient was able to recognize happiness. This case is a good example of a dissociation of covert and overt emotional functioning in SD. Results are discussed in terms of the impaired empathic behavior and emotional functioning in FTLD. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.