CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Laryngorhinootologie 2021; 100(S 02): S304
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1728917
Abstracts
Salivary Glands / Thyroid Gland: Facial nerve

Facial paresis and its effects on emotion recognition

A-M Kuttenreich
1   Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Medizinsche Fakultät, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen
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H von Piekartz
5   Institut für Gesundheitsberufe, Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Hochschule Osnabrück, Osnabrück
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GF Volk
3   Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Unversitätsklinikum Jena, Jena
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O Guntinas-Lichius
3   Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Unversitätsklinikum Jena, Jena
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S Heim
1   Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Medizinsche Fakultät, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen
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    In communication, facial expressions are attributed a fundamental role. Based on the controversially discussed facial feedback hypothesis, facial (i.e. visual) emotion recognition is based on the imitation of a facial expression. The aim of the study was to test the effects of facial paresis (FP) on facial emotion recognition.

    Therefore, in a cross-sectional study, n=34 patients with central FP and for control n=29 patients without central FP after stroke were examined for facial emotion recognition. As a further control, the auditory emotion recognition was also collected, and all data were compared with already available normative data. Furthermore, the subjective assessment of the patients was recorded.

    The results show significant limitations in the accuracy of facial emotion recognition in patients with FP compared to patients without FP (p<0.001) and healthy subjects (p<0.001). Furthermore, the accuracy of facial emotion recognition in patients with FP was significantly worse than in auditory emotion recognition (p<0.001). The speed of facial emotion recognition in all patients (with FP: p=0.020; without FP: p=0.024) was significantly faster than in healthy subjects. All patients achieved comparable values in auditory emotion recognition. In addition, the objective emotion recognition differed strongly in the subjective assessment of patients with FP.

    The results reveal a specific deficit in facial emotion recognition in patients with central FP and a lack of disease insight. The facial feedback hypothesis is therefore supported. In the future, this deficit of emotion recognition should be specifically diagnosed and treated. Currently, patients with peripheral FP are also being examined as an extension of the study in order to better understand the pathomechanism.

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    Conflict of interest

    Der Erstautor gibt keinen Interessenskonflikt an.

    Address for correspondence

    M.Sc. Kuttenreich Anna-Maria
    Fazialis-Nerv-Zentrum, Universitätsklinikum Jena
    Jena

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    Article published online:
    13 May 2021

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