Talk:Hypomimia

I don't think that this article can get much more complex than this. But if you, fellow wikipedian, want to help to make it better, we can do the following: -Make more pages link here (Go to the articles of diseases that have hypomimia as a sign, and make a link to here) -Link to pages with pictures/videos of hypomimia, or post a picture here -Make a list of the most common diseases that feature this sign, and link to them. -Also, while the 'general' etymology is a bit obvious (hypo:less/reduced, mimia:"expression"), we should search for it more exactly/correctly -I can't think of much more than this. Perhaps the international standard codes for the sign. And link to (and from) the pages with sign listings.

Of course I'll do as much as I can myself, as soon as I pass (hopefully) my final exam of this year. --Guruclef 08:53, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Could the levels of Hypomimia be put,as found here...http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/sergievsky/ratingsigns.htmlSilver seren 18:26, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

how about consequences?
This is my suggestion. I realize that my experience is just "original research", but I bet there are good references to the problems that this symptom causes.

Their inability to convey emotion on the face can produce an upsetting feeling in people that the sufferer interacts with. This is subtle in the sense that a naive observer may not realize why they think, for instance, that the sufferer is angry with them. I think this disturbance of normal social relations is an important consequence that needs to be discussed and which should be more widely understood.

The consequences for the sufferer can be severe. I once sat in a courtroom, for another reason, and while I was there witnessed an interaction with a person who stated to the judge that he had Parkinson's disease. He was there because he had not done something, I forget what, which the judge had required. The judge gave him a vicious tongue lashing and got really angry. Upon later reflection, I decided that the judge had not understood what this Parkinson's symptom meant for the persons facial expression and had gotten so angry because he, the judge, saw no sign of contrition on this unfortunate man's face.

AJim (talk) 03:19, 11 April 2011 (UTC)