Empathy in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

被引:55
作者
Fernandez-Duque, Diego [1 ]
Hodges, Sara D. [2 ]
Baird, Jodie A. [3 ]
Black, Sandra E. [4 ]
机构
[1] Villanova Univ, Dept Psychol, Villanova, PA 19085 USA
[2] Univ Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
[3] Swarthmore Coll, Swarthmore, PA 19081 USA
[4] Univ Toronto, Sunnybrook Hosp, Dept Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
关键词
Empathy; Dementia; Emotion; Theory of mind; Naturalistic stimulus; SOCIAL-BEHAVIOR; WORK GROUP; DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONS; MOTIVATION; INVENTORY;
D O I
10.1080/13803390903002191
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Using naturalistic stimuli, we assessed the ability to infer what other people are feeling in three groups of participants: healthy elderly adults, patients suffering from the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (FTD-b), and patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD). After watching videotaped interviews of everyday people (nonactors) discussing an emotionally relevant event in their lives, participants answered questions regarding the interviewee's feelings. Both patient groups inferred emotions as accurately as the healthy elderly, provided the emotions were displayed unambiguously and consistently across the interview. However, when the displayed emotions became more variable and ambiguous, performance in both patient groups became impaired relative to healthy elderly participants. The similar profile across the two clinical groups despite their differences in social skills suggests that nonsocial cognitive processes affected in dementia may be an important factor in drawing inferences about other people's feelings.
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页码:289 / 298
页数:10
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