It has been documented that anteromedial temporal lobe dysfunction can cause impairment in emotional intelligence. In particular, medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is associated with disorders in emotion recognition from facial expressions. About one-third of patients with MTLE experienced febrile seizures (FSs) during childhood. In the present study, we investigated facial emotion recognition ability in a group of 38 school-aged children with antecedent FSs and in an age- and sex-matched control group. Children with abnormal general visuoperceptual abilities were excluded. Children with FSs showed lower recognition scores versus controls in both matching (28.64 vs 33.47; p<.0001) and labeling (21.25 vs 23.03; p=.001) facial emotions. Our findings support the hypothesis that FSs can be associated during childhood with a dysfunction within the neural network subserving the processing of facial expressions of the basic emotions.
Facial emotion recognition in childhood: the effects of febrile seizures in the developing brain / G., Cantalupo; Meletti, Stefano; A., Miduri; S., Mazzotta; L., Rios Pohl; Benuzzi, Francesca; F., Pisani; C. A., Tassinari; G., Cossu. - In: EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR. - ISSN 1525-5050. - ELETTRONICO. - 29:1(2013), pp. 211-216. [10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.07.007]
Facial emotion recognition in childhood: the effects of febrile seizures in the developing brain.
MELETTI, Stefano;BENUZZI, Francesca;
2013
Abstract
It has been documented that anteromedial temporal lobe dysfunction can cause impairment in emotional intelligence. In particular, medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is associated with disorders in emotion recognition from facial expressions. About one-third of patients with MTLE experienced febrile seizures (FSs) during childhood. In the present study, we investigated facial emotion recognition ability in a group of 38 school-aged children with antecedent FSs and in an age- and sex-matched control group. Children with abnormal general visuoperceptual abilities were excluded. Children with FSs showed lower recognition scores versus controls in both matching (28.64 vs 33.47; p<.0001) and labeling (21.25 vs 23.03; p=.001) facial emotions. Our findings support the hypothesis that FSs can be associated during childhood with a dysfunction within the neural network subserving the processing of facial expressions of the basic emotions.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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