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ArticlePloS one2017

The level of cognitive function and recognition of emotions in older adults.

Marianna Virtanen, Archana Singh-Manoux, G David Batty, Klaus P Ebmeier, Markus Jokela, Catherine J Harmer, Mika Kivimäki

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Marianna VirtanenFinnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8361-3301
Archana Singh-ManouxDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
G David BattyDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Klaus P EbmeierDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Markus JokelaDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Catherine J HarmerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Mika KivimäkiDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
University of Helsinki · FIWarneford Hospital · GBFinnish Institute of Occupational Health · FIInserm · FRUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Socio-economic status and heterogeneity in agingR01AG013196 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF LONDON INST OF NEUROLOGY · PI MARMOT, MICHAEL G, SINGH-MANOUX, ARCHANA · 1996 to 2013
$3.5M
Socioeconomic gradient in CHD in early old ageR01HL036310 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF LONDON · PI KIVIMAKI, MIKA J, MARMOT, MICHAEL G · 1986 to 2012
$3.1M
Health behaviors over the adult lifecourse and cognitive agingR01AG034454 · NIA · UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · PI KIVIMAKI, MIKA J, SINGH-MANOUX, ARCHANA · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
Medical Research Council G1001354Medical Research Council K013351Medical Research Council MR/K013351/1NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL036310NIA NIH HHS R01 AG013196NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe association between cognitive decline and the ability to recognise emotions in interpersonal communication is not well understood. We aimed to investigate the association between cognitive function and the ability to recognise emotions in other people's facial expressions across the full continuum of cognitive capacity.

methodsCross-sectional analysis of 4039 participants (3016 men, 1023 women aged 59 to 82 years) in the Whitehall II study. Cognitive function was assessed using a 30-item Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), further classified into 8 groups: 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, and <24 (possible dementia) MMSE points. The Facial Expression Recognition Task (FERT) was used to examine recognition of anger, fear, disgust, sadness, and happiness.

resultsThe multivariable adjusted difference in the percentage of accurate recognition between the highest and lowest MMSE group was 14.9 (95%CI, 11.1-18.7) for anger, 15.5 (11.9-19.2) for fear, 18.5 (15.2-21.8) for disgust, 11.6 (7.3-16.0) for sadness, and 6.3 (3.1-9.4) for happiness. However, recognition of several emotions was reduced already after 1 to 2-point reduction in MMSE and with further points down in MMSE, the recognition worsened at an accelerated rate.

conclusionsThe ability to recognize emotion in facial expressions is affected at an early stage of cognitive impairment and might decline at an accelerated rate with the deterioration of cognitive function. Accurate recognition of happiness seems to be less affected by a severe decline in cognitive performance than recognition of negatively valued emotions.

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CognitionEmotionsAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesFacial ExpressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate Analysis

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