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Auditory time perception in Huntington’s disease

Vez, S. ; Köhli, J. ; Frey, B. ; Magezi, David A. ; Annoni, Jean-Marie ; Burgunder, J.-M.

In: Neuropsychologia, 2018, vol. 119, p. 247–252

Huntington's disease (HD) is characterized by early involvement of the striatum. It affects the pace of repetitive motor activity, as motor timing depends on basal ganglia activity. However, data are lacking on the impact of this process on auditory time perception in motor non-affected gene carriers.Objective: This work aims to test the performance in time perception of a group of mutation...

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Characterization of social cognition impairment in multiple sclerosis

Neuhaus, Matthias ; Bagutti, S. ; Yaldizli, O. ; Zwahlen, D. ; Schaub, S. ; Frey, B. ; Fischer-Barnicol, B. ; Martory, J.-M. Burgunderd , M.-D. ; Pöttgen, J. ; Annoni, Jean-Marie ; Penner, I.-K.

In: European Journal of Neurology, 2017, p. -

Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been associated with deficits in social cognition. However, little is known about which domains of social cognition are predominantly affected and what other factors are associated with it. The aim was (i) to characterize social cognition deficit in a group of MS outpatients and (ii) to relate impairment in social cognition to overall cognitive status, depression...