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Face Recognition in Patients with Migraine
Author(s) -
YetkinOzden Selcen,
Ekizoglu Esme,
Baykan Betul
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pain practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1533-2500
pISSN - 1530-7085
DOI - 10.1111/papr.12191
Subject(s) - aura , migraine , ictal , medicine , perception , audiology , migraine with aura , orientation (vector space) , electroencephalography , psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , geometry , mathematics
Objectives Prosopagnosia is a rare dysfunction seen during the aura phase of migraine. We aimed to evaluate the face recognition, which has not previously been investigated in migraineurs during the interictal period, and its relationships with clinical features. Methods Seventy‐four migraineurs, with or without aura, diagnosed according to the International Headache Society criteria and 37 healthy control subjects were included. Benton face recognition test ( BFRT ) and judgment of line orientation test ( LOT ) for complex visual perception were applied to all participants. Results Migraineurs showed significantly lower performance in both of the BFRT and LOT scores ( P = 0.027; P = 0.014, respectively), indicating impaired visuospatial perception. In the subgroup analysis, these impairments were more pronounced in the group with migraine without aura. Conclusion Migraineurs had poorer performance in both face recognition and visuospatial perception. These findings could be based on functional differences in the migraineurs' brain or genetic changes.