Deficits in social cognition seem to present an intermediate phenotype for schizophrenia,
and are known to be associated with an altered amygdala response to faces. However …

Emotional face recognition is impaired in bipolar disorder, but it is not clear whether this is
specific for the illness. Here, we investigated how aging and bipolar disorder influence …

OBJECTIVE: The reliable discrimination of emotional expressions in faces is essential for
adequate social interaction. Deficits in facial emotion processing are an important …

Bipolar disorder is regarded as a disorder of mood and initial studies have focused on
structural abnormalities in limbic networks, known to subserve mood. More recently …

Structural abnormalities of the amygdala and impaired facial emotion recognition have been
reported in schizophrenia. Most studies demonstrated reduced amygdalar volumes in …

Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) have consistently been associated with
deficits in facial affect recognition (FAR). These impairments have been related to various …

Previous research indicates that patients with depression display deficits in their ability to
perceive emotions. However, few studies have used animated facial stimuli or explored …

Neuropsychological studies report more impaired responses to facial expressions of fear
than disgust in people with amygdala lesions, and vice versa in people with Huntington's …

Although the amygdala's role in processing facial expressions of fear has been well
established, its role in the processing of other emotions is unclear. In particular, evidence for …

Background Existing models of the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder posit disruption in
neural circuits of emotion regulation and reward processing. However, few fMRI studies …