Τίτλος:
Possible common neurological breakdowns for alexithymia and humour appreciation deficit: A case study
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
This brief work is an attempt to point to the possible common neurological breakdowns in giving rise to alexithymia, and impaired appreciation of humour. In particular, we present the case of a patient who lost the ability to enjoy humour after the surgical removal of a frontal groove meningioma, although he was still able to detect it, while at the same time was diagnosed with organic alexithymia. Our results indicate that problems in the affective appreciation of humour and in emotionalizing (alexithymic symptoms) may be the result of damage to the ventral-rostral portions of the ACG/mPFC, which prevent the patient from assessing the salience of emotion and motivational information, and generating emotional reactions; as a result he has trouble experiencing emotions, knowing how he and others feel, and enjoy humour. © 2016 Elsevier B.V.
Συγγραφείς:
Patrikelis, P.
Konstantakopoulos, G.
Lucci, G.
Katsaros, V.K.
Sakas, D.E.
Gatzonis, S.
Stranjalis, G.
Περιοδικό:
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
adult; alexithymia; anterior cingulate; Article; attributional bias; case report; cognitive defect; corpus callosum; emotion; follow up; frontal cortex; human; humor appreciation deficit; hypophysis; lateral brain ventricle; male; medial prefrontal cortex; meningioma; middle aged; morphological trait; neuroimaging; neurologic examination; neurosurgery; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; optic chiasm; paranoia; physical examination; preoperative period; social interaction; Toronto Alexithymia scale; Affective Symptoms; cingulate gyrus; diagnostic imaging; humor; Meningeal Neoplasms; pathophysiology; postoperative complication; prefrontal cortex, Affective Symptoms; Gyrus Cinguli; Humans; Male; Meningeal Neoplasms; Meningioma; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Prefrontal Cortex; Wit and Humor as Topic
DOI:
10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.12.005
