Efficient visual search for facial emotions in patients with major depression

Abstract Background Major depressive disorder has been associated with specific attentional biases in processing emotional facial expressions: heightened attention for negative and decreased attention for positive faces. However, using visual search paradigms, previous reaction-time-based research f...

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Main Authors: Charlott Maria Bodenschatz, Felix Czepluch, Anette Kersting, Thomas Suslow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03093-6