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Chapter 11 - Emotional agnosis and theory of mind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2011

By
Sarah Broicher  and
Hennric Jokeit
Edited by
Michael R. Trimble  and
Bettina Schmitz
Michael R. Trimble
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurology, London
Bettina Schmitz
Affiliation:
Vivantes, Humdoldt-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Summary

Imaging and lesion studies have identified cerebral networks associated with social cognitive functions which are frequently affected in patients with temporal or frontal lobe epilepsies. Processing of emotional information plays an important role in many aspects of cognition, including decision-making, memory, and attention. The perception and expression of emotional information and theory of mind (ToM) abilities have been investigated in numerous studies in a variety of patient groups and healthy persons using a number of experimental paradigms and tests. The chapter presents short descriptions and behavioral data from a variety of tests in order to reveal their differences and to highlight recent developments and research perspectives. Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most prevalent focal epilepsy. Structure-function analyses have also shown an association between impairments in the recognition of facial expressions, especially of fear and reduced fMRI activity in patients with early onset right-sided TLE.

Keywords

behavioral problemsepilepsymotor overactivitystate-dependent cognitive impairmentpsychosisseizure frequency
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The Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy , pp. 109 - 123
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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