ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Candid Photographs Reveal Atypical Facial Expressions in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
- Christina Veziris
UCSF - Tiffany Chow
University of California San Francisco - Ashlin Roy
University of California San Francisco - Fatemeh Noohi
University of California, San Francisco - Howard Rosen
University of California San Francisco - David Perry
University of California San Francisco - Joel Kramer
University of California San Francisco - Bruce Miller
University of California San Francisco - William Seeley
University of California San Francisco - Sarah Holley
San Francisco State University - Virginia Sturm
University of California San Francisco
Abstract
Atypical facial expressions are common in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), a neurodegenerative disorder that disrupts socioemotional functioning. We coded participants’ facial expressions in candid photographs and found greater upper face expressivity in people with bvFTD than in healthy older controls.
Aging
