The female advantage: sex as a possible protective factor against emotion recognition impairment following traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT: Although moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to facial affect recognition impairments in up to 39% of individuals, protective and risk factors for these deficits are unknown. The aim of the current study was to examine the effect of sex on emotion recognition abilities following TBI. We administered two separate emotion recognition tests (one static and one dynamic) to 53 individuals with moderate to severe TBI (females = 28) and 49 demographically matched comparisons (females = 22). We then investigated the presence of a sex-by-group interaction in emotion recognition accuracy. In the comparison group, there were no sex differences. In the TBI group, however, females significantly outperformed males in the dynamic (but not the static) task. Moreover, males (but not femal

SUBMITTER: Rigon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5823256 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature