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

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

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 …

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 …

People with alcohol and substance use disorders (AUDs/SUDs) show worse facial emotion
recognition (FER) than controls, though magnitude and potential moderators remain …

Background Cognitive models of depression suggest that major depression is characterized
by biased facial emotion processing, making facial stimuli particularly valuable for …

Recognition of facially expressed emotions is essential in social interaction. For patients with
social phobia, general anxiety disorders, and comorbid anxiety, deficits in their emotion …

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 …