Impaired attribution of emotion to facial expressions in anxiety and major depression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recognition of others' emotions is an important aspect of interpersonal communication. In major depression, a significant emotion recognition impairment has been reported. It remains unclear whether the ability to recognize emotion from facial expressions is also impaired in anxiety disorders. There is a need to review and integrate the published literature on emotional expression recognition in anxiety disorders and major depression.

Methodology/principal findings

A detailed literature search was used to identify studies on explicit emotion recognition in patients with anxiety disorders and major depression compared to healthy participants. Eighteen studies provided sufficient information to be included. The differences on emotion recognition impairment between p

SUBMITTER: Demenescu LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2995734 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature