Exploring emotion recognition in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's dementia undergoing a rehabilitation program emotion recognition in patients with dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to explore differences in the emotions of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's dementia (AD) in group rehabilitation using facial analysis.

Method

We conducted rehabilitation consisting of aerobic exercise, cognitive training, dual tasks (a combination of exercise and cognitive training), and creative activities in a group format with patients with MCI and dementia. The faces of the 30 patients (MCI: n=14; mild/moderate AD: n=16) who participated were filmed from the front with a small camera during the four tasks. Then, we used the Kokoro Sensor (CAC Corporation, Japan), a device which estimates emotion scores (anger, contempt, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, surprise) based on different parts of the face using artificial intellige

SUBMITTER: Kamiya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12021228 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature