Screening for Emotional Expression in Frontotemporal Dementia: A Pilot Study.

Conclusions: Patients with bvFTD require a high intensity of emotional stimulus and are significantly hyporesponsive to low-intensity stimuli. Simple screening or observations of verbal and facial responsiveness to mildly arousing stimuli may aid in differentiating bvFTD from normal subjects and patients with other dementias. Future studies can investigate whether delivering information with high emotional intensity can facilitate communication with patients with bvFTD. PMID: 29686739 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Behavioural Neurology - April 25, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Carr AR, Ashla MM, Jimenez EE, Mendez MF Tags: Behav Neurol Source Type: research