Poster #142 SOCIAL COGNITION IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS: WHICH ROLE FOR FACIAL EMOTION RECOGNITION AND THEORY OF MIND?

2012 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. S142
Author(s):  
Perrine Brazo ◽  
Virginie Beaucousin ◽  
Laurent Lecardeur ◽  
Sonia Dollfus
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients

Usability of a psychotherapeutic interactive gaming tool used in facial emotion recognition for people with schizophrenia (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Tortadès ◽  
Roberto Gonzalez ◽  
Francesc Alpiste ◽  
Joaquín Fernandez ◽  
Jordi Torner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Error Rates ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Emotional Recognition ◽  
Attribution Questionnaire

BACKGROUND Emotional Recognition (ER) is one of the areas most affected in people with schizophrenia. However, there are no software tools available for the assessment of ER. The interactive software program ‘Feeling Master’ (a cartoon facial recognition tool) was developed to investigate the deficit in facial emotion recognition (FER) with a sample of patients with schizophrenia in a pilot project framework. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to test the usability of ‘Feeling Master’ as a psychotherapeutic interactive gaming tool for the assessment of emotional recognition in people with schizophrenia compared with healthy people, and the relationship between FER, attributional style and theory of mind. METHODS Nineteen individuals with schizophrenia and 17 healthy control (HC) subjects completed the ‘Feeling Master’ including five emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and surprise). Regarding the group with schizophrenia they were evaluated with the Personal and Situational Attribution Questionnaire (IPSAQ) and the Hinting Task (Theory of Mind) to evaluate social cognition. RESULTS Patients with schizophrenia showed impairments in emotion recognition and they remained slower than the HC in the recognition of each emotion (P<.001). Regarding the impairment in the recognition of each emotion we only found a trend toward significance in error rates on fear discrimination (P=.07). And the correlations between correct response on the ‘Feeling Master’ and the hinting task showed significant values in the correlation of surprise and theory of mind (P=.046). CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, the study puts forward the usability of the ‘Feeling Master’ in FER for people with schizophrenia. These findings lend support to the notion that difficulties in emotion recognition are more prevalent in people with schizophrenia, and that these are associated with impairment in ToM, suggesting the potential utility of the FER in the rehabilitation of people with schizophrenia.

Affective functioning and social cognition in Noonan syndrome

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Wingbermühle ◽  
J. I. M. Egger ◽  
W. M. A. Verhoeven ◽  
I. van der Burgt ◽  
R. P. C. Kessels
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Noonan Syndrome ◽  
Heart Defects ◽  
Genetic Disorder ◽  
Recognition Task ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Clinical Group

BackgroundNoonan syndrome (NS) is a common genetic disorder, characterized by short stature, facial dysmorphia, congenital heart defects and a mildly lowered IQ. Impairments in psychosocial functioning have often been suggested, without, however, systematic investigation in a clinical group. In this study, different aspects of affective processing, social cognition and behaviour, in addition to personal well-being, were assessed in a large group of patients with NS.MethodForty adult patients with NS were compared with 40 healthy controls, matched with respect to age, sex, intelligence and education level. Facial emotion recognition was measured with the Emotion Recognition Task (ERT), alexithymia with both the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Bermond–Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire (BVAQ), and mentalizing with the Theory of Mind (ToM) test. The Symptom Checklist-90 Revised (SCL-90-R) and the Scale for Interpersonal Behaviour (SIB) were used to record aspects of psychological well-being and social interaction.ResultsPatients showed higher levels of cognitive alexithymia than controls. They also experienced more social distress, but the frequency of engaging in social situations did not differ. Facial emotion recognition was only slightly impaired.ConclusionsHigher levels of alexithymia and social discomfort are part of the behavioural phenotype of NS. However, patients with NS have relatively intact perception of emotions in others and unimpaired mentalizing. These results provide insight into the underlying mechanisms of social daily life functioning in this patient group.

Theory of mind and facial emotion recognition in euthymic bipolar I and bipolar II disorders

2011 ◽  
Vol 189 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Javier Martino ◽  
Sergio Adrián Strejilevich ◽  
Guillermo Fassi ◽  
Eliana Marengo ◽  
Ana Igoa
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Bipolar Ii

Relationship between olfactory function and social cognition in euthymic bipolar patients

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Lahera ◽  
Salvador Ruiz-Murugarren ◽  
Alberto Fernández-Liria ◽  
Jerónimo Saiz-Ruiz ◽  
Benjamin E. Buck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Recognition Test ◽  
Olfactory Function ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Olfactory Identification ◽  
Olfactory Ability ◽  
Bipolar Patients

Objective/IntroductionThere is a close functional and neuroanatomical relationship between olfactory ability and emotional processing. The present study seeks to explore the association between olfactory ability and social cognition, especially facial emotion perception, in euthymic bipolar patients.MethodsThirty-nine euthymic outpatients meeting DSM-IV-TR criteria for bipolar disorder and 40 healthy volunteers matched on socio-demographic criteria were recruited. Both groups were assessed at one time point with the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT), the Emotion Recognition Test, and The Faux Pas Recognition Test, as well as measures of general cognition and functioning.ResultsThe bipolar patients showed a significant impairment in olfactory identification (UPSIT) and social cognition measures compared to healthy controls. Analyses revealed significant relationships between olfactory identification and facial emotion recognition, theory of mind, general cognition, and a trend-level relationship with functioning. Controlling for age and cigarettes smoked, relationships remained significant between olfactory function and facial emotion recognition.ConclusionThere is a deficit of olfactory identification in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder that is correlated with a deficit in both verbal and non-verbal measures of social cognition.

scholarly journals Usability of a psychotherapeutic interactive gaming tool used in Facial Emotion Recognition for people with Schizophrenia (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Tortadès ◽  
Roberto Gonzalez ◽  
Francesc Alpiste ◽  
Joaquin Fernandez ◽  
Jordi Torner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Error Rates ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Attribution Questionnaire ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Persons With Schizophrenia

UNSTRUCTURED The interactive software “Feeling Master” (a Cartoon Facial Recognition Tool) was developed to investigate the deficit in facial emotion recognition (FER) with a sample of patients with schizophrenia in a pilot project framework. 24 persons with schizophrenia and 17 healthy control (HC) subjects completed the “Feeling Master” including five emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, fear and surprise). Regarding the group with schizophrenia they were evaluated with the Personal and Situational Attribution Questionnaire (IPSAQ) and the Hinting Task (Theory of Mind) to evaluate social cognition. Descriptive data showed suitable usability, adaptability, effectiveness and efficiency of “feeling master”. Patients with schizophrenia showed impairments in emotion recognition. The individuals with schizophrenia remained slower than the HC in the recognition of each emotion. Regarding the impairment in the recognition of each emotion we only have found significant error rates on fear discrimination (P=.07). And the correlations between correct response on the “Feeling Master” and the Hinting Task showed significant values in the correlation of surprise and Theory of Mind (P=.46). In conclusion, the study puts forward the usability of the “feeling master” in FER for people with schizophrenia. These findings lend support to the notion that difficulties in emotion recognition are more prevalent in people with schizophrenia, and those are associated with an imparment in ToM, suggesting the potential utility of the FER in the rehabilitation of people with schizophrenia.

EEG brain mapping in schizophrenic patients and healthy subjects during facial emotion recognition

2003 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Streit ◽  
Jürgen Brinkmeyer ◽  
Wolfgang Wölwer ◽  
Wolfgang Gaebel
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Brain Mapping ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients

scholarly journals Social cognition impairments in long-term opiate users in treatment

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-263
Author(s):  
Gill Terrett ◽  
Kimberly Mercuri ◽  
Elizabeth Pizarro-Campagna ◽  
Laila Hugrass ◽  
H Valerie Curran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Facial Mimicry

Background: Long-term opiate users experience pervasive social difficulties, but there has been surprisingly limited research focused on social-cognitive functioning in this population. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate whether three important aspects of social cognition (facial emotion recognition, theory of mind (ToM) and rapid facial mimicry) differ between long-term opiate users and healthy controls. Methods: The participants were 25 long-term opiate users who were enrolled in opiate substitution programmes, and 25 healthy controls. Facial emotion recognition accuracy was indexed by responses to 60 photographs of faces depicting the six basic emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise and disgust). ToM was assessed using the Reading the Mind in the Eyes task, which requires participants to infer mental states of others from partial facial cues. Rapid facial mimicry was assessed by recording activity in the zygomaticus major and corrugator supercilii muscle regions while participants passively viewed images of happy and angry facial expressions. Results: Relative to the control group, the opiate user group exhibited deficits in both facial emotion recognition and ToM. Moreover, only control participants exhibited typical rapid facial mimicry responses to happy facial expressions. Conclusions: These data indicate that long-term opiate users exhibit abnormalities in three distinct areas of social-cognitive processing, pointing to the need for additional work to establish how social-cognitive functioning relates to functional outcomes in this group. Such work may ultimately inform the development of interventions aimed at improving treatment outcomes for long-term opiate users.

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