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Huntington’s Disease Patients Show Impaired Perception of Disgust in the Gustatory and Olfactory Modalities

Received November 5, 2002; revised June 7, 2003; accepted July 16, 2003. From the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; the Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatry Hospital, Birmingham B15 2QZ, U.K. Address correspondence to Dr. Mitchell, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K.; I.J.Mitchell{at}bham.ac.uk (E-mail).

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Patients with Huntington’s disease show deficits in recognizing disgust in the facial expressions and vocal intonations of others. In this study, the authors demonstrate that these disgust-related deficits extend to foul-smelling olfactory stimuli and inappropriate combinations of taste stimuli.

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