title: Emotion recognition impairment in traumatic brain injury compared with schizophrenia spectrum: similar deficits with different origins.
abstract: The aim of our study was to identify the common and separate mechanisms that might underpin emotion recognition impairment in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and schizophrenia (Sz) compared with healthy controls (HCs). We recruited 21 Sz outpatients, 24 severe TBI outpatients, and 38 HCs, and we used eye-tracking to compare facial emotion processing performance. Both Sz and TBI patients were significantly poorer at recognizing facial emotions compared with HC. Sz patients showed a different way of exploring the Pictures of Facial Affects stimuli and were significantly worse in recognition of neutral expressions. Selective or sustained attention deficits in TBI may reduce efficient emotion recognition, whereas in Sz, there is a more strategic deficit underlying the observed problem. There would seem to be scope for adjustment of effective rehabilitative training focused on emotion recognition.
authors.affiliation: *Neurological Rehabilitation Unit and †Adult Mental Health Service, NHS, Grosseto; ‡BrainCare and §University of Padova, Padova; ∥Information Communication Technology, NHS, Grosseto, Italy; and ¶School of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magnani
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cantagallo
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Capitani
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galletti
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cardamone
authors.forename: Ian Hamilton
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult