B3457 - The association between traumatic brain injury and emotion recognition - 28/01/2020

B number: 
B3457
Principal applicant name: 
Robyn Wootton | School of Psychological Science and MRC IEU
Co-applicants: 
Maren Muller-Glodde, Professor Ian Penton-Voak, Professor Marcus Munafo
Title of project: 
The association between traumatic brain injury and emotion recognition
Proposal summary: 

It is relatively well established that having a traumatic brain injury is associated with subsequent deficits in emotion recognition from facial expressions (Babbage et al., 2011) and these deficits are thought to be relatively stable over time (Ietswaart, Milders, Crawford, Currie, & Scott, 2008). Changes in emotion recognition do not seem to be limited to people with moderate or severe injuries (Ietswaart et al., 2008; Kubu, 1999; Kubu et al., 1993), although there has been little research on specifically mTBI in this field. Léveillé, Guay, Blais, Scherzer, and De Beaumont (2017) after multiple concussion injuries suggested that males but not females show impaired emotion recognition. Further mood disorders, such as anxiety (Attwood et al., 2017) and depression (Dalili, Penton-Voak, Harmer, & Munafo, 2015) have been shown to impact emotion recognition. The aim of the current study is to investigate the effect of mTBI on emotion recognition in ALSPAC, whilst exploring the potential impact of factors such as sex, general cognitive ability, and mood.

Impact of research: 
Date proposal received: 
Monday, 27 January, 2020
Date proposal approved: 
Tuesday, 28 January, 2020
Keywords: 
Epidemiology, mild traumatic brain injury, Statistical methods, Cognition - cognitive function