Giulia Giacomucci, Cristina Polito, Valentina Berti, Sonia Padiglioni, Giulia Galdo, Salvatore Mazzeo, Enrico Bergamin, Valentina Moschini, Carmen Morinelli, Claudia Nuti, Maria Teresa De Cristofaro, Assunta Ingannato, Silvia Bagnoli, Benedetta Nacmias, Sandro Sorbi, Valentina Bessi
The aims of the study were to assess empathy deficit and neuronal correlates in logopenic primary progressive aphasia (lv-PPA) and compare these data with those deriving from amnesic Alzheimer's disease (AD). Eighteen lv-PPA and thirty-eight amnesic AD patients were included. Empathy in both cognitive and affective domains was assessed by Informer-rated Interpersonal Reactivity Index (perspective taking, PT, and fantasy, FT, for cognitive empathy; empathic concern, EC, and personal distress, PD, for affective empathy) before (T0) and after (T1) cognitive symptoms' onset...
January 25, 2023: Journal of Personalized Medicine