Diminished disgust reactivity in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

► Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) impacts emotion and social behavior. ► Disgust is of interest due to caregiver reports and patterns of neurodegeneration. ► We examined disgust reactivity in patients with behavioral variant FTD. ► Patients and controls watched a disgusting film and had their responses measured. ► Patients with bvFTD showed deficits in behavior, physiology, and self-report.