Facial emotion expression recognition by children at familial risk for depression: High-risk boys are oversensitive to sadness

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 565-574

  Lopez Duran, Nestor L ^a   Kuhlman, Kate R ^a   George, Charles ^b   Kovacs, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

children; children of depressed parents; depression; Facial expressions; information processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84876284267     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12005     Document Type: Article

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