Emotion - Outline

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Emotion - Outline

• What is emotion?
• What causes emotion?
• Cannon theory
• James- Lang theory
• Schacter
• Communication of emotions

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Emotion Recognition

• Fronto-temporal Dementia
• Social disinhibition
• Poor emotion regulation
• Denial of deficit
• Inability to navigate the social world
• Anatomy
• Orbitofrontal Cortex
• Amygdala

Our question Can FTD patients recognize basic
emotions conveyed by facial expressions?
Fernandez-Duque Black, Neuropsychologia, in
press
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FTD Emotion Recognition
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happy
surprised
neutral
sad
frightened
angry
disgust