How do depressed and healthy adults interpret nuanced facial expressions?

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 804-810

  Gollan, Jackie K ^a   McCloskey, Michael ^b   Hoxha, Denada ^a   Coccaro, Emil F ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial expressions; Information processing; Major depression; Recognition accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 78649688073     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020234     Document Type: Article

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