Functional patterns of neural activation during vocal emotion recognition in youth with and without refractory epilepsy.

ABSTRACT: Epilepsy has been associated with deficits in the social cognitive ability to decode others' nonverbal cues to infer their emotional intent (emotion recognition). Studies have begun to identify potential neural correlates of these deficits, but have focused primarily on one type of nonverbal cue (facial expressions) to the detriment of other crucial social signals that inform the tenor of social interactions (e.g., tone of voice). Less is known about how individuals with epilepsy process these forms of social stimuli, with a particular gap in knowledge about representation of vocal cues in the developing brain. The current study compared vocal emotion recognition skills and functional patterns of neural activation to emotional voices in youth with and without refractory focal epilepsy. We

SUBMITTER: Morningstar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8859003 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature