Facial expressions in severely demented patients - a stimulus-response study of four patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type
Kenneth Asplund
Bok Engelsk 1991
| Utgitt | 1991
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| Omfang | 8 s.
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| Opplysninger | The ability to exhibit facial expressions wasstudied in four patients with severe dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT), by means of the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) and physiological responses (heart rate, respiration, skin temperature) under pleasant and unpleasant stimulus conditions. Complex facial expressions that could be interpreeted as expressions of emotions were not seen. An increase in the number of facial movements and changes in the physiological responses were seenmost markedly under the unpleasant stimulus condition. The patients' reactions during the assumed pleasant stimulus conditionsindicated comfort. Different reactions were obtained among the patients. The importance of developing further methods to identify and interpret facial movements in nurse-patients relationships is emphsized.
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