Understanding Emotions in XXXX : The Explicit and Implicit Emotional Cue Mismatch.

@entity1 @entity146 @entity73 @entity51 @entity2026 @entity194 @entity195 @entity4943
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported significant @entity51 among individuals along the @entity4943 ( @entity4943 ) spectrum. The basis of @entity73 is still poorly understood and explicit (emotion appraisal) and implicit (autonomic system activity) responses have not been carefully evaluated. OBJECTIVE: We investigated explicit evaluation of emotions by testing valence and arousal using self-report measures and we also assessed automatic responses to emotional cues, using autonomic measures (skin conductance response and heart rate). METHODS: 16 @entity146 and 12 agrammatic variants of primary progressive @entity2026 @entity1 were included. The performance of these @entity1 was compared to a group of 14 @entity1 with @entity195 and 20 healthy controls. Each subject was required to observe and evaluate affective pictures while autonomic parameters were recorded. RESULTS: @entity4943 @entity1 preserved a functional general competency in terms of valence (correct positive versus negative attribution) and arousal (correct dichotomy between high versus low arousal category) distinction. These @entity1 showed significant changes in autonomic implicit response compared to the other groups. The mismatch between explicit and implicit responsiveness to emotional cues was found both in @entity146 and in agrammatic variants of primary progressive @entity2026 . Emotional responsiveness was related to the severity of @entity146 as measured by the Frontal Behavioral Inventory and associated with @entity194 of the left putamen. CONCLUSION: The present findings indicate that @entity4943 @entity1 are able to explicitly "appraise" the emotion, but they cannot implicitly "feel" the emotion. This mismatch between the two levels may help explain the general emotional behavior impairment found in these @entity1 .
