Facial-affect recognition deficit as a predictor of different aspects of social-communication impairment in traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between facial-affect recognition and different aspects of self- and proxy-reported social-communication impairment following moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHOD:Forty-six adults with chronic TBI (>6 months postinjury) and 42 healthy comparison (HC) adults were administered the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire (LCQ) Self and Other forms to assess different aspects of communication competence and the Emotion Recognition Test (ERT) to measure their ability to recognize facial affects. RESULTS:Individuals with TBI underperformed HC adults in the ERT and self-reported, as well as were reported by close others, as having more communication problems than did HC adults. TBI group ERT scores were significantly and negatively correlated wit

SUBMITTER: Rigon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5975647 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature