scholarly journals Sex Differences in Emotion Recognition and Emotional Inferencing Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbra Zupan ◽  
Duncan Babbage ◽  
Dawn Neumann ◽  
Barry Willer
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Similar Proportion ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Target Emotion ◽  
Vocal Emotion Recognition ◽  
Vocal Emotion

The primary objective of the current study was to determine if men and women with traumatic brain injury (TBI) differ in their emotion recognition and emotional inferencing abilities. In addition to overall accuracy, we explored whether differences were contingent upon the target emotion for each task, or upon high- and low-intensity facial and vocal emotion expressions. A total of 160 participants (116 men) with severe TBI completed three tasks – a task measuring facial emotion recognition (DANVA-Faces), vocal emotion recognition (DANVA-Voices) and one measuring emotional inferencing (emotional inference from stories test (EIST)). Results showed that women with TBI were significantly more accurate in their recognition of vocal emotion expressions and also for emotional inferencing. Further analyses of task performance showed that women were significantly better than men at recognising fearful facial expressions and also facial emotion expressions high in intensity. Women also displayed increased response accuracy for sad vocal expressions and low-intensity vocal emotion expressions. Analysis of the EIST task showed that women were more accurate than men at emotional inferencing in sad and fearful stories. A similar proportion of women and men with TBI were impaired (≥ 2 SDs when compared to normative means) at facial emotion perception, χ2 = 1.45, p = 0.228, but a larger proportion of men was impaired at vocal emotion recognition, χ2 = 7.13, p = 0.008, and emotional inferencing, χ2 = 7.51, p = 0.006.

scholarly journals Facial emotion recognition of older adults with traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Byom ◽  
Melissa Duff ◽  
Bilge Mutlu ◽  
Lyn Turkstra
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion

scholarly journals Facial emotion recognition in adult with traumatic brain injury

Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (29) ◽  
pp. e21154
Author(s):  
XiaoGuang Lin ◽  
XueLing Zhang ◽  
QinQin Liu ◽  
PanWen Zhao ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion

scholarly journals Deficits in Facial Emotion Recognition Indicate Behavioral Changes and Impaired Self-Awareness after Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. e65581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacoba M. Spikman ◽  
Maarten V. Milders ◽  
Annemarie C. Visser-Keizer ◽  
Herma J. Westerhof-Evers ◽  
Meike Herben-Dekker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Self Awareness

A-102 Performance Validity Testing in Telehealth Research: A VA Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1151-1151
Author(s):  
Justin O'Rourke ◽  
Robert J Kanser ◽  
Marc A Silva
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Performance Validity ◽  
Cut Scores ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Severe Tbi

Abstract Objective Studies on Performance Validity Tests (PVTs) for tele-neuropsychology (TeleNP) are sparse. Verbal PVTs appear to better translate to TeleNP, so the primary objective of this study was to provide initial data on two well-established, verbal PVTs administered via TeleNP for research participants with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods This secondary analysis of the Veterans Affairs TBI Model Systems data included 53 participants enrolled in a PVT module study (3/01/2020–09/20/2020) with documented moderate-to-severe TBI per Glasgow Coma Score (M = 6.5, SD = 4.4), posttraumatic amnesia duration (M = 42.7 days, SD = 47.1), and/or time to follow commands (M = 10.5 days, SD = 16.3). Participants completed two PVTs—Reliable Digit Span (RDS) and the 21-Item Test (21-IT)—alongside telephone-based cognitive assessment 1–7 years after TBI. Descriptive analyses were performed to compare PVT performances to previously established cut scores. Chi square analyses were employed to examine 21-IT and RDS as dichotomous outcomes (pass/fail) at selected cutoffs. Results RDS ranged from 5 to 16 (M = 10.5, SD = 2.4). 21-IT ranged from 7 to 21 (M = 16.4, SD = 3.1). For RDS, 9.8% were invalid with a cutscore of ≤7 and 19.6% using a cutscore of ≤8. For the 21-IT, 7.8% were in invalid using a cutscore of ≤11, and 13.7% using a cutscore of ≤12. Conclusion(s) Using previously established cut scores, telephone-administered RDS and 21-IT resulted in relatively low rates of invalid performance among individuals with moderate-to-severe TBI. These findings provide preliminary support for the RDS and 21-IT in TeleNP.

Emotion Perception and Alexithymia in People With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: One Disorder or Two? A Preliminary Investigation

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Skye McDonald ◽  
Julia Rosenfeld ◽  
Julie D. Henry ◽  
Leanne Togher ◽  
Robyn Tate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Emotion Perception ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Cross Sectional

AbstractPrimary objective:Recent research studies attest to the presence of deficits in emotion perception following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Additionally, a growing number of studies report significant levels of alexithymia (disorder of emotional cognition) following TBI. This research aimed to examine the relation between the two, while assessing the influence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Design:Cross-sectional study examining levels of alexithymia, emotion perception disorders and PTSD and their association, in 20 people with severe, chronic TBI and 20 adults without brain injuries.Methods:Participants were assessed on the Toronto Alexithymia — 20 Scale, the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale and on two emotion perception tasks: matching and labelling of photos depicting the 6 basic emotions.Results:The group with TBI were impaired relative to controls when matching facial expressions. Their performance on ‘fear’ was especially poor. Performance on labelling was similar in pattern, although failed to reach significance. There was no association between poor performance on fear, or other negative expressions, and either PTSD or alexithymia symptoms in the TBI group.Conclusions:Alexithymia, as assessed by the TAS-20, taps a constellation of difficulties that do not appear to include difficulties with emotion perception in people with traumatic brain injuries.

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