Genetic modulation of the response bias towards facial displays of anger and happiness

European Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 197-202

  Gohier, B ^a   Senior, C ^b   Radua, J ^c,d   El Hage, W ^c,e   Reichenberg, A ^c   Proitsi, P ^c   Phillips, M L ^f,g   Surguladze, S A ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h Cygnet Health Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; COMT; Emotional disorders; Facial emotion recognition; Genes

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPPINESS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOGNITION; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER LINKED PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL COGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANGER; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HAPPINESS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84899951673     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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