Masked face recognition in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Müge Kuzu KumcuSabiha Tezcan AydemirBüşra ÖlmezFatma Nazlı Durmaz CelikCanan YucesanPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)
RRMSp had worse performance in masked face recognition and required removal of the facial masks more often than healthy controls to recognize the faces. RRMS patients did not show as much improvement in recognizing masked faces over time according to the onset of the pandemic as healthy controls.