Research Article

Event-Related Potentials Elicited by Face and Face Pareidolia in Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of PD patients and healthy controls (HCs).

PD patients M ± SDHCs M ± SD

Number2126
Gender, M : F15 : 614 : 12
Age, y57.62 ± 8.0456.22 ± 7.74
MMSE25.1 ± 1.628.7 ± 3.1
Disease duration, y2.2 ± 1.2N/A
UPDRS16.22 ± 3.54N/A
Hoehn and Yahr stage1.2 (1-2)N/A

M: mean; SD: standard deviation; PD: Parkinson’s disease; HCs: healthy controls; UPDRS: the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (motor); MMSE : standardized Mini-Mental Test for General Cognitive Assessment; N/A: not applicable; M: male; F: female.