Empathy of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) toward other AD patients.

Mohamad El HajPhilippe AllainClaire Boutoleau BretonnièreGuillaume ChapeletPascal AntoineKarim Gallouj

Published in: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology (2022)

Although our paper shows no effect of empathy on face recognition in AD, it provides a clinically relevant finding: individuals with mild AD can demonstrate significant empathy toward people with the same medical condition.

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