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Selective attention to emotional faces following recovery from depression.
J Abnorm Psychol. 2007 Feb; 116(1):80-5.JA

Abstract

This study was designed to examine attentional biases in the processing of emotional faces in currently and formerly depressed participants and healthy controls. Using a dot-probe task, the authors presented faces expressing happy or sad emotions paired with emotionally neutral faces. Whereas both currently and formerly depressed participants selectively attended to the sad faces, the control participants selectively avoided the sad faces and oriented toward the happy faces, a positive bias that was not observed for either of the depressed groups. These results indicate that attentional biases in the processing of emotional faces are evident even after individuals have recovered from a depressive episode. Implications of these findings for understanding the roles of cognitive and interpersonal functioning in depression are discussed.

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Joormann J
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Gotlib IH
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MeSH

AdultAffectAttentionConvalescenceDepressive Disorder, MajorDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFacial ExpressionFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleTime Factors

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

17324018

Clinical Trial Links

Emoji-based Attention Bias Modification Training for Depressive Young Adults

Citation

Joormann, Jutta, and Ian H. Gotlib. "Selective Attention to Emotional Faces Following Recovery From Depression." Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 116, no. 1, 2007, pp. 80-5.
Joormann J, Gotlib IH. Selective attention to emotional faces following recovery from depression. J Abnorm Psychol. 2007;116(1):80-5.
Joormann, J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2007). Selective attention to emotional faces following recovery from depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116(1), 80-5.
Joormann J, Gotlib IH. Selective Attention to Emotional Faces Following Recovery From Depression. J Abnorm Psychol. 2007;116(1):80-5. PubMed PMID: 17324018.
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