The relationship between facial emotion recognition and executive functions in first-episode patients with schizophrenia and their siblings

Objective The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is a common measure of the Theory of Mind. Previous studies found a correlation between RMET performance and neurocognition, especially reasoning by analogy; however, the nature of this relationship remains unclear. Additionally, neurocognition was shown to play a significant role in facial emotion recognition. This study is planned to examine the nature of relationship between neurocognition and RMET performance, as well as the mediating role of facial emotion recognition.Methods One hundred fifty non-clinical youths performed the RMET. Reasoning by analogy was tested by Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) and facial emotion recognition was assessed by the Korean Facial Expressions of Emotion (KOFEE) test. The percentile bootstrap method was used to calculate the parameters of the mediating effects of facial emotion recognition on the relationship between SPM and RMET scores.Results SPM scores and KOFEE scores were both statistically significant predictors of RMET scores. KOFEE scores were found to partially mediate the impact of SPM scores on RMET scores.Conclusion These findings suggested that facial emotion recognition partially mediated the relationship between reasoning by analogy and social cognition. This study highlights the need for further research for individuals with serious mental illnesses.

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Facial emotion recognition in first-episode schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychosis

Schizophrenia Research ◽

10.1016/j.schres.2014.01.009 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 153 (1-3) ◽

pp. 32-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Alexander R. Daros ◽

Anthony C. Ruocco ◽

James L. Reilly ◽

Margret S.H. Harris ◽

John A. Sweeney

Keyword(s):

Bipolar Disorder ◽

Emotion Recognition ◽

Facial Emotion Recognition ◽

Facial Emotion ◽

First Episode ◽

First Episode Schizophrenia

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S77. JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS AND FACIAL EMOTION RECOGNITION IMPAIRMENT IN FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS ACROSS EUROPE

Schizophrenia Bulletin ◽

10.1093/schbul/sby018.864 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 44 (suppl_1) ◽

pp. S354-S355

Author(s):

Giada Tripoli ◽

Diego Quattrone ◽

Charlotte Gayer-Anderson ◽

Victoria Rodriguez ◽

Natashia Benzian-Olsson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emotion Recognition ◽

First Episode Psychosis ◽

Facial Emotion Recognition ◽

Facial Emotion ◽

First Episode ◽

Jumping To Conclusions ◽

Episode Psychosis

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Facial Emotion Recognition and Executive Functions in Fibromyalgia

Pain Medicine ◽

10.1093/pm/pnab024 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Cristina Muñoz Ladrón de Guevara ◽

Gustavo A Reyes del Paso ◽

María José Fernández-Serrano ◽

Stefan Duschek

Keyword(s):

Executive Function ◽

Executive Functions ◽

Emotion Recognition ◽

Recognition Accuracy ◽

Cognitive Task ◽

Medication Use ◽

Human Interaction ◽

Facial Emotion Recognition ◽

Facial Emotion ◽

Control Mechanisms

Abstract Objective The ability to accurately identify facial expressions of emotions is crucial in human interaction. While a previous study suggested deficient emotional face recognition in patients with fibromyalgia, not much is known about the origin of this impairment. Against this background, this study investigated the role of executive functions. Executive functions refer to cognitive control mechanisms enabling implementation and coordination of basic mental operations. Deficits in this domain are prevalent in fibromyalgia. Methods Fifty-two fibromyalgia patients and thirty-two healthy individuals completed the Ekman-60 Faces Test, which requires classification of facial displays of happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise and disgust. They also completed eight tasks assessing the executive function components of shifting, updating and inhibition. Effects of comorbid depression and anxiety disorders, and medication use, were tested in stratified analyses of patient subgroups. Results Patients made more errors overall than controls in classifying the emotional expressions. Moreover, their recognition accuracy correlated positively with performance on most of the executive function tasks. Emotion recognition did not vary as a function of comorbid psychiatric disorders or medication use. Conclusions The study supports impaired facial emotion recognition in fibromyalgia, which may contribute to the interaction problems and poor social functioning characterizing this condition. Facial emotion recognition is regarded as a complex process, which may be particularly reliant on efficient coordination of various basic operations by executive functions. As such, the correlations between cognitive task performance and recognition accuracy suggest that deficits in higher cognitive functions underlie impaired emotional communication in fibromyalgia.

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Hypomimia May Influence the Facial Emotion Recognition Ability in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Journal of Parkinson s Disease ◽

10.3233/jpd-212830 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Yu-Han Chuang ◽

Chun-Hsiang Tan ◽

Hui-Chen Su ◽

Chung-Yao Chien ◽

Pi-Shan Sung ◽

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Keyword(s):

Parkinson’S Disease ◽

Parkinson's Disease ◽

Emotion Recognition ◽

Social Functioning ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Social Function ◽

Facial Emotion Recognition ◽

Facial Emotion ◽

The Social ◽

The Relationship

Background: Hypomimia is a clinical feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Based on the embodied simulation theory, the impairment of facial mimicry may worsen facial emotion recognition; however, the empirical results are inconclusive. Objective: We aimed to explore the worsening of emotion recognition by hypomimia. We further explored the relationship between the hypomimia, emotion recognition, and social functioning. Methods: A total of 114 participants were recruited. The patients with PD and normal controls (NCs) were matched for demographic characteristics. All the participants completed the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Chinese Multi-modalities Emotion Recognition Test. In addition to the above tests, the patients were assessed with the Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale and Parkinson’s Disease Social Functioning Scale (PDSFS). Results: Patients with PD with hypomimia had worse recognition of disgust than NCs (p = 0.018). The severity of hypomimia was predictive of the recognition of disgust (β= –0.275, p = 0.028). Facial emotion recognition was predictive of the PDSFS score of PD patients (β= 0.433, p = 0.001). We also found that recognizing disgust could mediate the relationship between hypomimia and the PDSFS score (β= 0.264, p = 0.045). Conclusion: Patients with hypomimia had the worst disgust facial recognition. Hypomimia may affect the social function of PD patients, which is related to recognizing the expression of disgust. Emotion recognition training may improve the social function of patients with PD.

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Facial emotion recognition in adolescents with psychotic-like experiences: a school-based sample from the general population

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291712000311 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 42 (10) ◽

pp. 2157-2166 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

S. Roddy ◽

L. Tiedt ◽

I. Kelleher ◽

M. C. Clarke ◽

J. Murphy ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emotion Recognition ◽

Facial Emotion Recognition ◽

Self Report ◽

Facial Emotion ◽

Psychotic Symptoms ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

School Based ◽

Schizophrenia Spectrum ◽

Increased Risk ◽

The Relationship

BackgroundPsychotic symptoms, also termed psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in the absence of psychotic disorder, are common in adolescents and are associated with increased risk of schizophrenia-spectrum illness in adulthood. At the same time, schizophrenia is associated with deficits in social cognition, with deficits particularly documented in facial emotion recognition (FER). However, little is known about the relationship between PLEs and FER abilities, with only one previous prospective study examining the association between these abilities in childhood and reported PLEs in adolescence. The current study was a cross-sectional investigation of the association between PLEs and FER in a sample of Irish adolescents.MethodThe Adolescent Psychotic-Like Symptom Screener (APSS), a self-report measure of PLEs, and the Penn Emotion Recognition-40 Test (Penn ER-40), a measure of facial emotion recognition, were completed by 793 children aged 10–13 years.ResultsChildren who reported PLEs performed significantly more poorly on FER (β=−0.03, p=0.035). Recognition of sad faces was the major driver of effects, with children performing particularly poorly when identifying this expression (β=−0.08, p=0.032).ConclusionsThe current findings show that PLEs are associated with poorer FER. Further work is needed to elucidate causal relationships with implications for the design of future interventions for those at risk of developing psychosis.

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