Different aspects of facial affect recognition impairment following traumatic brain injury: The role of perceptual and interpretative abilities

Arianna Rigon; Michelle W Voss; Lyn S Turkstra; Bilge Mutlu; Melissa C Duff

doi:10.1080/13803395.2018.1437120

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Different aspects of facial affect recognition impairment following traumatic brain injury: The role of perceptual and interpretative abilities

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Different aspects of facial affect recognition impairment following traumatic brain injury: The role of perceptual and interpretative abilities

Arianna Rigon, Michelle W Voss, Lyn S Turkstra, Bilge Mutlu and Melissa C Duff

Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, Vol.40(8), pp.805-819

09/14/2018

DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2018.1437120

PMCID: PMC6050132

PMID: 29562838

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Abstract

It is well established that many individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are impaired at facial affect recognition, yet little is known about the mechanisms underlying such deficits. In particular, little work has examined whether the breakdown of facial affect recognition abilities occurs at the perceptual level (e.g., recognizing a smile) or at the verbal categorization stage (e.g., assigning the label "happy" to a smiling face). The aim of the current study was to investigate the integrity of these two distinct facial affect recognition subskills in a sample of 38 individuals with moderate-to-severe TBI and 24 demographically matched healthy individuals. Participants were administered an affect matching (perceptual skills) and an affect labeling (verbal categorization skills) task. Statistical analyses revealed that, while individuals with TBI showed significantly higher levels of impairment in the verbal categorization task than in the perceptual task, they performed less well than healthy comparison participants on both tasks. These findings indicate that facial affect recognition impairment can occur at different cognitive stages following TBI, suggesting the necessity of careful screening to offer targeted treatment. Moreover, they provide further neuropsychological evidence supporting the notion that distinct types of subskills are necessary to achieve successful recognition of facial affects.

traumatic brain injury

facial affect recognition

verbal categorization

emotion recognition

Affect perception

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Title: Subtitle: Different aspects of facial affect recognition impairment following traumatic brain injury: The role of perceptual and interpretative abilities
Creators: Arianna Rigon - Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, The University of Iowa
Michelle W Voss - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa
Lyn S Turkstra - School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University
Bilge Mutlu - Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Melissa C Duff - Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, Vol.40(8), pp.805-819
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2018.1437120
PMID: 29562838
PMCID: PMC6050132
NLM abbreviation: J Clin Exp Neuropsychol
ISSN: 1380-3395
eISSN: 1744-411X
Publisher: Routledge
Grant note: R01 HD071089]; / NICHD/NCMRR (10.13039/100000071)
Language: English
Date published: 09/14/2018
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984002499202771

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