Social Cognition Impairments in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Comparison with Imaging Studies, Disease Duration and Grade of Disability
( Trending Topics in Multiple Sclerosis )
Publication series ： Trending Topics in Multiple Sclerosis
Author： Valentina Ignatova Lyudmila Todorova and Jivko Surchev
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: INT6141763465
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535126560
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535126577
Subject： R741 Neurology
Keyword： 神经病学
Language： ENG
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Social Cognition Impairments in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Comparison with Imaging Studies, Disease Duration and Grade of Disability
Description
Cognitive impairments in multiple sclerosis (MS) are heterogeneous and their rate varies between 43% and 70%. A less studied aspect of cognition is social cognition, which is not a uniform theoretical construct. It includes emotion perception, prosody, empathy, theory of mind (ToM) and assessment of mood. In addition to progressive physical disability, social cognitive impairments are a reason for job loss in 24–80% of patients with MS, increased divorce rate, dissolution of partnerships and social communication difficulties.
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