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Repisalud author Cárdenas, José author Blanca, María J. author Carvajal, Fernando author Rubio, Sandra author Pedraza, Carmen authoraffiliation [Cárdenas,J] Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain. [Blanca,MJ; Pedraza,C] Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Behavioral Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain. [Carvajal,F; Rubio,S] of Biological Psychology and Health, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. [Pedraza,C] The Biomedical Research Institute of Málaga (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain. 2024-02-19T15:26:24Z 2024-02-19T15:26:24Z 2021-03-09 1661-7827 http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4519 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/18282 33803344 10.3390/ijerph18052770 1660-4601 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Emotional processing, particularly facial expression recognition, is essential for social cognition, and dysfunction may be associated with poor cognitive health. In pathological ageing conditions, such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), in which cognitive impairments are present, disturbed emotional processing and difficulty with social interactions have been documented. However, it is unclear how pathological ageing affects emotional processing and human social behaviour. The aim of this study is to provide insight into how emotional processing is affected in MCI and AD and whether this capacity can constitute a differentiating factor allowing the preclinical diagnosis of both diseases. For this purpose, an ecological emotional battery adapted from five subsets of the Florida Affect Battery was used. Given that emotion may not be separated from cognition, the affect battery was divided into subtests according to cognitive demand, resulting in three blocks. Our results showed that individuals with MCI or AD had poorer performance on the emotional processing tasks, although with different patterns, than that of controls. Cognitive demand may be responsible for the execution patterns of different emotional processing tests. Tasks with moderate cognitive demand are the most sensitive for discriminating between two cognitive impairment entities. In summary, emotional processing tasks may aid in characterising the neurocognitive deficits in MCI or AD. Additionally, identifying these deficits may be useful for developing interventions that specifically target these emotional processing problems. eng Emotional processing assessment Diagnosis Mild cognitive impairment Alzheimer’s disease Regulación emocional Evaluación de procesos, atención de salud Diagnóstico Disfunción cognitiva Enfermedad de Alzheimer Reconocimiento facial Cognición social Emotional Processing in Healthy Ageing, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease research article