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Beyond the face: How context modulates emotion processing in frontotemporal dementia subtypes
(Oxford University Press, 2018-04)
The importance of assessing social cognition to characterize dementia syndromes is increasingly recognized, with lower social cognition capacity associated with reduced functional independence and greater carer burden. ...
Comparing Moral Judgments of Patients With Frontotemporal Dementia and Frontal Stroke
(Amer Medical Assoc, 2014-06)
Importance Several clinical reports have stated that patients with prefrontal lesions or patients with the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia share social cognition impairments. Moral reasoning is impaired in ...
Speech and language impairments in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia: a systematic review
(Elsevier, 2021-12)
Although behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is classically defined by behavioral and socio-emotional changes, impairments often extend to other cognitive functions. These include early speech and language ...
Differential Cognitive and Affective Theory of Mind Abilities at Mild and Moderate Stages of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
(Lippincott Williams, 2015-06)
To study the affective and cognitive components of theory of mind (ToM) performance in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), focusing on differential impairment at mild and moderate disease ...
Intelligence and executive functions in frontotemporal dementia
(Elsevier, 2013-03)
Recently (Roca et al. (2010), we used the relationship with general intelligence (Spearman’s g) to define two sets of frontal lobe or “executive” tests. For one group, including Wisconsin card sorting and verbal fluency, ...
Language in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia: Another stone to be turned in Latin America
(Frontiers Media, 2021-08-10)
Beyond canonical deficits in social cognition and interpersonal conduct, behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) involves language difficulties in a substantial proportion of cases. However, since most evidence ...
Structural Anatomical Investigation of Long-Term Memory Deficit in Behavioral Frontotemporal Dementia
(IOS Press, 2018-03)
Although a growing body of work has shown that behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) could present with severe amnesia in approximately half of cases, memory assessment is currently the clinical standard to ...
Risk of Conversion to Dementia in a Mild Behavioral Impairment Group Compared to a Psychiatric Group and to a Mild Cognitive Impairment Group
(IOS Press, 2018-02)
Background: There is insufficient available information on behavioral changes in the absence of cognitive impairment as factors increasing the risk of conversion to dementia. Objective: To observe and analyze patients with ...
Familial dementia with frontotemporal features associated with Met146Val presenilin-1 mutation
(Wiley, 2013-04)
Most of the mutations in the presenilin-1 gene (PS-1) are associated with familial Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, certain examples can be associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). We performed a clinical evaluation ...
Evaluation of the INECO Frontal Screening and the Frontal Assessment Battery in Peruvian patients with Alzheimer's disease and behavioral variant Frontotemporal dementia
(Elsevier Science, 2016-12)
Background: The physicians often confuse the early symptoms of Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with Alzheimer dementia (AD), leading to misdiagnosis. There are some cognitive tests to discriminate between AD and behavioral ...