Emotion recognition of morphed facial expressions in presymptomatic and symptomatic frontotemporal dementia, and Alzheimer's dementia.
Lize C JiskootJackie M PoosManon E VolleberghSanne FranzenJudy van HemmenJanne M PapmaJohn C van SwietenRoy P C KesselsEsther van den BergPublished in: Journal of neurology (2020)
Our results demonstrate emotion recognition deficits in both bvFTD and AD, and suggest the presence of subtle emotion recognition changes in presymptomatic C9orf72-FTD. This highlights the importance of incorporating emotion recognition paradigms into standard neuropsychological assessment for early differential diagnosis, and as clinical endpoints in upcoming therapeutic trials.