Effect of emotional context on bucco-facial apraxia.
Patients with left- and right-hemisphere cerebrovascular pathology and normal adult controls were videotaped while executing tasks of bucco-facial praxis in emotional and nonemotional conditions. Each practic movement was assessed for accuracy and motor execution. Left-brain-damaged patients were significantly impaired on these tasks relative to right-damaged patients and controls. When emotional context was provided, apractic performance improved significantly.
D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003463:Cues; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004644:Emotions; D005149:Facial Expression; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests