Impaired Emotion Recognition after Left Hemispheric Stroke: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature

Table 1

The patient’s results for the “Ekman 60 Faces Test.”

Emotion	Nr correct answers	Mean scores reference sample (SD)	Cutoff values
Anger	8/10	7.33 (1.90)	4
Disgust	6/10	9.00 (1.62)	6
Fear		6.47 (2.03)	3
Happiness	10/10	9.93 (0.42)	9
Sadness	5/10	8.03 (1.66)	5
Surprise		8.66 (1.44)	6
Total		49.41 (4.88)	41

The mean scores, standard deviations. and cutoff values for the reference sample (aged 61–70) are derived from the FEEST manual. This sample consisted of 58 healthy participants with an IQ > 90. Cutoff values have been calculated by using the nearest integer value to a -value of 1.65 below average [12]. below the cutoff value.