Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been associated with difficulties in social
and interpersonal functioning. Deficits in emotion processing may contribute to the …

Background. Many studies have explored associations between depression and facial
emotion recognition (ER). However, these studies have used various paradigms and …

A considerable body of literature has reported on emotion perception deficits and the
relevance of these impairments in persons with depression and bipolar disorder. Fifty-one …

The goal was to investigate whether patients with depression perform more poorly in overall
emotion perception tasks compared with controls and whether this difference varies as a …

Processing of facial expressions of emotion is central to human interaction, and has
important effects on behaviour and affective state. A range of methods and paradigms have …

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 …

This study investigates the extent to which participants with major depression differ from
healthy comparison participants in the irregularities in affective information processing …

Background Recognition of others' emotions is an important aspect of interpersonal
communication. In major depression, a significant emotion recognition impairment has been …

Cognitive theories of depression posit that perception is negatively biased in depressive
disorder. Previous studies have provided empirical evidence for this notion, but left open the …

BackgroundNegative biases in emotional processing are well recognised in people who are
currently depressed but are less well described in those with a history of depression, where …