Recognition of Facial Expressions in Individuals with Elevated Levels of Depressive Symptoms : An Eye-Movement Study
Joint Authors
Wu, Lingdan
Pauli, Paul
Pu, Jie
Allen, John J. B.
Source
Depression Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-01-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Previous studies consistently reported abnormal recognition of facial expressions in depression.
However, it is still not clear whether this abnormality is due to an enhanced or impaired ability to recognize facial expressions, and what underlying cognitive systems are involved.
The present study aimed to examine how individuals with elevated levels of depressive symptoms differ from controls on facial expression recognition and to assess attention and information processing using eye tracking.
Forty participants (18 with elevated depressive symptoms) were instructed to label facial expressions depicting one of seven emotions.
Results showed that the high-depression group, in comparison with the low-depression group, recognized facial expressions faster and with comparable accuracy.
Furthermore, the high-depression group demonstrated greater leftwards attention bias which has been argued to be an indicator of hyperactivation of right hemisphere during facial expression recognition.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wu, Lingdan& Pu, Jie& Allen, John J. B.& Pauli, Paul. 2012. Recognition of Facial Expressions in Individuals with Elevated Levels of Depressive Symptoms : An Eye-Movement Study. Depression Research and Treatment،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wu, Lingdan…[et al.]. Recognition of Facial Expressions in Individuals with Elevated Levels of Depressive Symptoms : An Eye-Movement Study. Depression Research and Treatment No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Wu, Lingdan& Pu, Jie& Allen, John J. B.& Pauli, Paul. Recognition of Facial Expressions in Individuals with Elevated Levels of Depressive Symptoms : An Eye-Movement Study. Depression Research and Treatment. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-457253
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-457253