Scanning patterns of faces do not explain impaired emotion recognition in Huntington Disease: Evidence for a high level mechanism

Scanning patterns of faces do not explain impaired emotion recognition in Huntington Disease: Evidence for a high level mechanism

Previous studies in patients with amygdala lesions suggested that deficits in emotion recognition might be mediated by impaired scanning patterns of faces. Here we investigated whether scanning patterns also contribute to the selective impairment in recognition of disgust in Huntington disease (HD)....

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Main Authors: Marieke evan Asselen, Filipa eJúlio, Cristina eJanuário, Elzbieta eBobrowicz Campos, Inês eAlmeida, Sara eCavaco, Miguel eCastelo-Branco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Eye Movements
emotion recognition
Huntington’s disease
scanning patterns of faces
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00031/full

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