Emotional processing in Parkinson's disease: a reaction time study
TD Hälbig, S Assuras, J Barry, JC Borod, JM Gracies, H Kaufmann, A Voustianiouk, D Weisz, K Fung, W Tse, C Warren Olanow · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2007 · Heft 09
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Zusammenfassung
Background: Clinically, patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have been often described to suffer from blunted emotional responses. Yet, due to hypomimia and generalized bradykinesia it is difficult to determine whether emotional reactions are indeed blunted in PD. Objective: The aims of this study were (1.) to obtain measures as to whether PD patients are able to differentiate subjectively between emotional and non-emotional stimuli, (2.) to ascertain whether the emotional modulation of reaction times that is found in intact subjects is preserved in patients with PD, and (3.) to examine the effect of dopaminer…
