Rapid Presentation of Emotional Expressions Reveals New Emotional Impairments in Tourette’s Syndrome
Objective:Based on a variety of empirical evidence obtained within the theoretical framework of embodiment theory, we considered it likely that motor disorders in Tourette’s syndrome (TS) would have emotional consequences for TS patients. However, previous research using emotional facial categorizat...
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| author | Martial eMermillod Damien eDevaux Philippe eDerost Isabelle eRieu Patrick eCHAMBRES Catherine eAuxiette Guillaume eLegrand Fabienne eGalland Hélène eDalens Louise-Marie eCoulangeon Emmanuel eBroussole Franck eDurif Isabelle eJalenques |
| author_facet | Martial eMermillod Damien eDevaux Philippe eDerost Isabelle eRieu Patrick eCHAMBRES Catherine eAuxiette Guillaume eLegrand Fabienne eGalland Hélène eDalens Louise-Marie eCoulangeon Emmanuel eBroussole Franck eDurif Isabelle eJalenques |
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| description | Objective:Based on a variety of empirical evidence obtained within the theoretical framework of embodiment theory, we considered it likely that motor disorders in Tourette’s syndrome (TS) would have emotional consequences for TS patients. However, previous research using emotional facial categorization tasks suggests that these consequences are limited to TS patients with obsessive-compulsive behaviors(OCB).Method:These studies used long stimulus presentations which allowed the participants to categorize the different emotional facial expressions (EFEs) on the basis of a perceptual analysis that might potentially hide a lack of emotional feeling for certain emotions. In order to reduce this perceptual bias, we used a rapid visual presentation procedure.Results:Using this new experimental method, we revealed different and surprising impairments on several EFEs in TS patients compared to matched healthy control participants. Moreover, a spatial frequency analysis of the visual signal processed by the patients suggests that these impairments may be located at a cortical level.Conclusions:The current study indicates that the rapid visual presentation paradigm makes it possible to identify various potential emotional disorders that were not revealed by the standard visual presentation procedures previously reported in the literature. Moreover, the spatial frequency analysis performed in our study suggests that emotional deficit in TS might lie at the level of temporal cortical areas dedicated to the processing of HSF visual information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-407ce1ab35f145599de711129d48f90e2022-12-22T03:48:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612013-04-01710.3389/fnhum.2013.0014938047Rapid Presentation of Emotional Expressions Reveals New Emotional Impairments in Tourette’s SyndromeMartial eMermillod0Damien eDevaux1Philippe eDerost2Isabelle eRieu3Patrick eCHAMBRES4Catherine eAuxiette5Guillaume eLegrand6Fabienne eGalland7Hélène eDalens8Louise-Marie eCoulangeon9Emmanuel eBroussole10Franck eDurif11Isabelle eJalenques12Université Pierre Mendès FranceUniversité Blaise PascalCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-FerrandCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-FerrandUniversité Blaise PascalUniversité Blaise PascalCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-FerrandCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-FerrandCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-FerrandCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-FerrandCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de LyonCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-FerrandCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-FerrandObjective:Based on a variety of empirical evidence obtained within the theoretical framework of embodiment theory, we considered it likely that motor disorders in Tourette’s syndrome (TS) would have emotional consequences for TS patients. However, previous research using emotional facial categorization tasks suggests that these consequences are limited to TS patients with obsessive-compulsive behaviors(OCB).Method:These studies used long stimulus presentations which allowed the participants to categorize the different emotional facial expressions (EFEs) on the basis of a perceptual analysis that might potentially hide a lack of emotional feeling for certain emotions. In order to reduce this perceptual bias, we used a rapid visual presentation procedure.Results:Using this new experimental method, we revealed different and surprising impairments on several EFEs in TS patients compared to matched healthy control participants. Moreover, a spatial frequency analysis of the visual signal processed by the patients suggests that these impairments may be located at a cortical level.Conclusions:The current study indicates that the rapid visual presentation paradigm makes it possible to identify various potential emotional disorders that were not revealed by the standard visual presentation procedures previously reported in the literature. Moreover, the spatial frequency analysis performed in our study suggests that emotional deficit in TS might lie at the level of temporal cortical areas dedicated to the processing of HSF visual information.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00149/fullEmotionsEmbodiment theoryemotional facial expressionsSpatial Frequency AnalysisTourette’s Syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Martial eMermillod Damien eDevaux Philippe eDerost Isabelle eRieu Patrick eCHAMBRES Catherine eAuxiette Guillaume eLegrand Fabienne eGalland Hélène eDalens Louise-Marie eCoulangeon Emmanuel eBroussole Franck eDurif Isabelle eJalenques Rapid Presentation of Emotional Expressions Reveals New Emotional Impairments in Tourette’s Syndrome Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Emotions Embodiment theory emotional facial expressions Spatial Frequency Analysis Tourette’s Syndrome |
| title | Rapid Presentation of Emotional Expressions Reveals New Emotional Impairments in Tourette’s Syndrome |
| title_full | Rapid Presentation of Emotional Expressions Reveals New Emotional Impairments in Tourette’s Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Rapid Presentation of Emotional Expressions Reveals New Emotional Impairments in Tourette’s Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid Presentation of Emotional Expressions Reveals New Emotional Impairments in Tourette’s Syndrome |
| title_short | Rapid Presentation of Emotional Expressions Reveals New Emotional Impairments in Tourette’s Syndrome |
| title_sort | rapid presentation of emotional expressions reveals new emotional impairments in tourette s syndrome |
| topic | Emotions Embodiment theory emotional facial expressions Spatial Frequency Analysis Tourette’s Syndrome |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00149/full |
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