Fronto-temporal Dementia

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Fronto-temporal dementia ( lesions of
orbitofrontal cortex)

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

Can these 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