Impaired facial emotion recognition in patients with ventromedial prefrontal hypoperfusion

Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 605-612

  Vandekerckhove, Marie ^a   van Mieghem, Arno ^b   van Acker, Frederik ^c   Markowitsch, Hans ^d   Plessers, Maarten ^e   Beeckmans, Kurt ^f   Maex, Reinoud ^g   Mariën, Peter ^a,h   Van Overwalle, Frank ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Maarten   (Belgium)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f Centrum voor Epilepsie en Psycho Organische Stoornissen (CEPOS)   (Belgium)

^g ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^h Vrije Universiteit Brussel ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotion recognition; Emotional facial expression; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SADNESS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURPRISE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPLICATION; EMPATHY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN DISEASES; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84904046618     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000057     Document Type: Article

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