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B C P Ghosh1, J B Rowe, A J Calder

  • 1Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. bcpg1@cam.ac.uk

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Patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) show significant deficits in recognizing emotions, especially negative ones. This impairment is linked to other cognitive issues in PSP, highlighting its role in the disease.

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  • Neuroscience
  • Neurology

Background:

  • Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is an atypical parkinsonian syndrome.
  • PSP is characterized by akinesia, rigidity, falls, supranuclear gaze palsy, and cognitive dysfunction, particularly executive dysfunction.
  • Emotion recognition deficits have been noted in related diseases but not systematically studied in PSP.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of PSP on emotion recognition.
  • To determine if deficits in emotion recognition are a core feature of PSP.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty-four patients with probable or definite PSP and matched healthy controls were recruited.
  • Tests of facial identity and facial emotion recognition were administered.
  • Correlation analysis was performed between emotion recognition, cognitive deficits, and disease duration.

Main Results:

  • PSP patients did not show impairments in recognizing famous faces.
  • Significant deficits were observed in emotion recognition, particularly for negative emotions.
  • Emotion recognition deficits correlated strongly with the severity of other cognitive deficits in PSP, but not disease duration.

Conclusions:

  • Deficits in emotion recognition are an integral part of the cognitive spectrum of PSP.
  • Findings suggest pathological involvement of brain regions crucial for emotion processing in PSP.
  • A subtype of PSP with combined cognitive and emotion recognition impairments may exist, important for patient management.