Abstract

Commentary: Trust behavior in Parkinson's disease: results of a trust game experiment

Highlights

  • Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by a combination of levodopa responsive motor symptoms (akinesia, rigidity, postural instability including impairment of gait and posture, resting tremor) and vegetative, sensory, cognitive and neuropsychiatric changes[1]

  • Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by a combination of levodopa responsive motor symptoms and vegetative, sensory, cognitive and neuropsychiatric changes[1]

  • Studies have demonstrated that trust behavior involves neuronal circuits of the basal ganglia, the frontal lobes and the limbic system, which may be affected in PD4-6

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Summary

Introduction

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by a combination of levodopa responsive motor symptoms (akinesia, rigidity, postural instability including impairment of gait and posture, resting tremor) and vegetative, sensory, cognitive and neuropsychiatric changes[1]. Trust is essential for the functioning of relationships of persons. The question arises whether or not trust behavior differs between PD patients and normal controls.

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