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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022

Deficits in Emotion Recognition and Theory of Mind in Parkinson's Disease Patients With and Without Cognitive Impairments.

Alessandra Dodich, Giulia Funghi, Claudia Meli, Maria Pennacchio, Chiara Longo, Maria Chiara Malaguti, Raffaella Di Giacopo, Francesca Zappini, Luca Turella, Costanza Papagno

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06899022 (Investigating the Role of Attention in Perceptual and Cognitive Consequences of Parkinson's Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Investigating the Role of Attention in Perceptual and Cognitive Consequences of Parkinson's Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of NebraskaRan2025 to 2028Enrolled138ConditionsEssential Tremor, Parkinson&#39, s Disease (PD), DystoniasArmsNormal therapeutic DBS, Reduced current DBS, Reduced frequency DBS
3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  19. The FACE test: a new neuropsychological task to assess the recognition of complex mental states from faces.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023
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Authors and funding

10 authors.

Alessandra DodichCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Giulia FunghiCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Claudia MeliCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Maria PennacchioCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Chiara LongoDepartment of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Maria Chiara MalagutiDipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy.
Raffaella Di GiacopoAzienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari, Trento, Italy.
Francesca ZappiniCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Luca TurellaCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Costanza PapagnoCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Emotion recognition and social deficits have been previously reported in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the extent of these impairments is still unclear and social cognition is excluded from the cognitive domains considered in the current criteria for PD mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This study aims to analyze emotion recognition, affective and cognitive theory of mind in early PD patients classified according to Level II MCI criteria, and to evaluate the prevalence of socio-cognitive deficits in this sample. Methods: We enrolled 45 participants with PD, classified as cognitively unimpaired (CU; Results: Statistical comparison revealed significant differences among groups in the Ek60 test, with MCI obtaining significantly lower scores than HC and CU, especially for negative emotions. Significant differences were detected also in the SET, with lower performance in emotion and intention attribution for both PD groups compared to HC. A significant correlation emerged between the Ek60 test and emotion attribution. Nine patients showed poor performance at social tasks, five of them being classified as PD-CU. Discussion: Parkinson's disease cognitive profile was characterized by emotion recognition and attribution deficits. These results, as well as the detection of CU patients with isolated socio-cognitive impairments, underline the importance of assessing social cognition in PD as a possible early marker of cognitive decline.

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emotion recognitionmild cognitive impairmentParkinson’s diseasesocial cognitiontheory of mind

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PMCPMC9138611

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