title: A comparison of emotional decoding abilities in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment, very mild and mild Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Deficits in emotional decoding abilities were described in patients with Alzheimer's dementia and amnestic type of mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI). However the pattern of decline and its dependency on the type of emotional stimuli has not been investigated so far. In our study, 5 sets of cartoon-like drawings portraying various human emotions of increasing complexity were presented to patients with very mild and mild Alzheimer's dementia, a-MCI and control subjects. Patients with Alzheimer's dementia, a-MCI and control subjects decoded emotions with similar accuracy. The pattern of decoding abilities was similar in Alzheimer's dementia, a-MCI patients and healthy control subjects. Decoding abilities depended on a manner the emotional stimuli were presented.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klimkowicz-Mrowiec
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Krzywoszanski
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Spisak
authors.forename: Bryan E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Donohue
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szczudlik
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Jagiellonian University, School of Medicine, 31-503 Krakow, Botaniczna 3, Poland. Aleksandra.Klimkowicz@mp.pl.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slowik
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D018450:Disease Progression; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods