Joint recognition-expression impairment of facial emotions in Huntington's disease despite intact understanding of feelings

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 549-558

  Trinkler, Iris ^a,b,c   Cleret de Langavant, Laurent ^a,b,c,d   Bachoud Lévi, Anne Catherine ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSERM U955   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Emotion expression; Empathy; Facial expression; Huntington's disease; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; RECOGNITION;

EID: 84875257177     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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