Title | Aprosodia and prosoplegia with right frontal neurodegeneration. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Bateman JR, Filley CM, Ross ED, Bettcher BM, H Hubbard I, Babiak M, Pressman PS |
Journal | Neurocase |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 5 |
Pagination | 187-194 |
Date Published | 2019 10 |
ISSN | 1465-3656 |
Keywords | Apraxias, Facial Expression, Frontal Lobe, Functional Laterality, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Speech Disorders, Temporal Lobe |
Abstract | Affective prosody and facial expression are essential components of human communication. Aprosodic syndromes are associated with focal right cerebral lesions that impair the affective-prosodic aspects of language, but are rarely identified because affective prosody is not routinely assessed by clinicians. Inability to produce emotional faces (affective prosoplegia) is a related and important aspect of affective communication has overlapping neuroanatomic substrates with affective prosody. We describe a patient with progressive aprosodia and prosoplegia who had right greater than left perisylvian and temporal atrophy with an anterior predominance. We discuss the importance of assessing affective prosody and facial expression to arrive at an accurate clinical diagnosis. |
DOI | 10.1080/13554794.2019.1646291 |
Alternate Journal | Neurocase |
PubMed ID | 31335278 |
Grant List | P30 AG049638 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States |