Understanding basic and social emotions in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia
FTD patients showed deficits in emotion recognition, affecting both basic and social emotions, whether conveyed through facial expressions or prosody. This result may explain the well-known social behavioral difficulties observed in FTD patients from the early stages of the disease. The fewer and specific deficits in AD patients with comparable MMSE scores may be attributed to the mild degree of impairment, as these deficits may appear later in the progression of AD.
Authors
- Maria Angela Molinari
- Paolo Nichelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9756-6796)
- Francesco Ricci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4941-8646)
- Manuela Tondelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6698-5437)
- Carlos Solá (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9606-2107)
- Francesca Benuzzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3498-3303)
- Fausta Lui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6577-059X)
- Claudia Casadio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6295-2240)
- Vanessa Zanelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1815-4697)
- Omar Carpentiero
Institutions
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Azienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena (IT)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1535722
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94