Table 3 Correlation among the Fear Facial Emotion Recognition and the Neuropsychological tasks in the HIV group

Memory:

Immediate recall of Rey’s words

0.42*

Delayed recall of Rey’s words

0.34

Digit span (forward)

0.05

Spatial span (forward)

0.12

Attention and executive abilities:

Stroop test (errors)

0.03

Stroop test (time)

0.04

Trail-making test B (errors)

−0.11

Trail-making test B (time)

−0.18

Drawings

−0.06

MFTC

0.11

Language:

Phonological fluency

0.10

Speed of mental processing:

WAIS digit symbol

0.18

Grooved Pegboard (dominant hand)

−0.22

Grooved Pegboard (nondominant hand)

−0.13