Table 2.
Affective ratings of patients with Huntington disease and healthy controls enrolled in a voxel-based morphometry study of emotion recognition and experience
| Group; mean (SD) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Emotional affect | Huntington disease, n = 18 | Controls, n = 18 |
| Recognition (intensity) | ||
| Disgust | 5.61 (2.44) | 7.04 (1.67) |
| Anger | 5.45 (2.20) | 7.31 (1.17) |
| Fear | 5.11 (2.00) | 6.21 (1.18) |
| Sadness | 5.30 (2.27) | 6.57 (1.37) |
| Happiness | 7.81 (1.22) | 8.27 (0.68) |
| Surprise | 6.72 (2.16) | 7.75 (1.21) |
| Recognition (classification accuracy)* | ||
| Disgust | 1.51 (1.86) | 3.24 (2.34) |
| Anger | 1.85 (2.30) | 4.26 (2.27) |
| Fear | 1.19 (1.78) | 1.88 (1.59) |
| Sadness | 1.83 (2.46) | 5.62 (1.58) |
| Happiness | 5.33 (1.70) | 3.73 (2.36) |
| Surprise | 3.71 (2.54) | 4.65 (2.09) |
| Experience (intensity)† | ||
| Disgust | 6.28 (2.33) | 6.20 (1.19) |
| Fear | 6.41 (2.11) | 7.02 (1.36) |
| Happiness | 7.51 (1.89) | 7.50 (1.00) |
SD = standard deviation.
*
Classification accuracy is the difference between target emotion intensity and mean intensity of nontarget emotions.
†
Emotion intensity: 1 = weak; 9 = strong.