Muted emotions misleading in Alzheimer's disease, study suggests
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 21:14
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study suggests that when Alzheimer's patients are asked to place an emotional value on pictures, they measure the pleasant images as less pleasant and the negative scenes as less negative compared with a control group of normal elderly people. This emotional flatness could be incorrectly interpreted as a symptom of depression.