Social Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis: a Meta-Analysis

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BORA İ. E., ÖZAKBAŞ S., Velakoulis D., Walterfang M.

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, cilt.26, sa.2, ss.160-172, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11065-016-9320-6
  • Dergi Adı: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.160-172
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Theory of mind, Social cognition, Emotion recognition, Cognitive, Multiple sclerosis, EMOTION RECOGNITION, PARKINSONS-DISEASE, AFFECTIVE PROSODY, EARLY-STAGE, EYES TEST, MIND, IMPAIRMENTS, DEFICITS, ALEXITHYMIA, DYSFUNCTION
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with cognitive decline and impairment in social functioning. Accumulating evidence suggests that patients with MS are impaired in social cognition, including theory of mind (ToM) and emotion recognition. In this meta-analysis of 24 studies, facial emotion recognition and ToM performances of 989 patients with MS and 836 healthy controls were compared. MS was associated with significant impairments with medium effect sizes in ToM (d = 0.57) and facial emotion recognition (d = 0.61). Among individual emotions recognition of fear and anger were particularly impaired. The severity of social cognitive deficits was significantly associated with non-social cognitive impairment. These deficits in social cognition may underpin difficulties in social functioning in MS. However, there is a need for further studies investigating the longitudinal evolution of social cognitive deficits and their neural correlates in MS.