ments. Regarding the cognitive state of AD patients, the MMSE
mean of our sample (i.e., 24.6) was above the MMSE mean of the
18 emotional recognition studies (i.e., 21.8) that provided this
measure. The pattern of improved performance could therefore
be related to the fact that our population may not have been highly
cognitively impaired. If so, a compensation strategy may be easily
induced.
Acknowledgments
Yanica Klein Koerkamp held a doctoral fellowship from The Region
Rhône-Alpes (France). This research was carried out in the
Memory Unit of Saint Etienne, France. We are grateful to all individuals
who volunteered to participate in this study and kindly
gave of their time. We thank Benoit Bediou for photographs of facial
expressions. Editing was provided by Barbara Every, ELS, of
BioMedical Editor.