Shorter gaze duration for happy faces in current but not remitted depression: Evidence from eye movements

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 79-86

  Isaac, Linda ^a,b   Vrijsen, Janna N ^c   Rinck, Mike ^d   Speckens, Anne ^c   Becker, Eni S ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Bias; Cognition; Depression; Eye tracking; Faces; Mood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; GAZE DURATION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADULT; ANGER; ATTENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902086252     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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