Impaired attribution of emotion to facial expressions in anxiety and major depression.

BACKGROUND: Recognition of others' emotions is an important aspect of interpersonal communication. In major depression, a significant emotion recognition impairment has been reported. It remains unclear whether the ability to recognize emotion from facial expressions is also impaired in anxiety...

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Main Authors: Liliana R Demenescu, Rudie Kortekaas, Johan A den Boer, André Aleman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2995734?pdf=render