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Facial Recognition: A Cognitive Study of Elderly Dementia Patients and Normal Older Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Taher Zandi ,
Melissa Cooper  and
Laurie Garrison
Taher Zandi
Affiliation:
State University of New York–Plattsburgh, Northeastern New York Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Center, Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.A.
Melissa Cooper
Affiliation:
State University of New York–Plattsburgh, Northeastern New York Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Center, Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.A.
Laurie Garrison
Affiliation:
State University of New York–Plattsburgh, Northeastern New York Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Center, Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Dementia patients' and normal elderlies' recognition of familiar, ordinary emotional and facial expressions was tested. In three conditions subjects were required to name the emotions depicted in pictures and to produce them while presented with the verbal labels of the expressions. The dementia patients' best performance occured when they had access to the verbal labels while viewing the pictures. The major deficiency in facial recognition was found to be dysnomia related. Findings of this study suggest that the connection between the gnostic units of expression and the gnostic units of verbal labeling is not impaired significantly among the dementia patients.

Type
Research and Reviews
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , September 1992 , pp. 215 - 221
Copyright
© 1992 Springer Publishing Company

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