Depression or anxiety: which is best able to predict patterns of lateralisation for the processing of emotional faces?

Autor: Bourne VJ; a Department of Psychology , Royal Holloway, University of London , Surrey , UK., Vladeanu M; b Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience , King's College, University of London , London , UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cognition & emotion [Cogn Emot] 2017 Jan; Vol. 31 (1), pp. 201-208. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Sep 29.
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1089841
Abstrakt: Previous research has shown that both anxiety and depression are associated with strength of lateralisation for the processing of emotive faces, although these clinical measures have always been considered in separate studies. In the present study, we measure depression and anxiety, within the same non-clinical sample, and consider whether these variables can predict strength of lateralisation, measured using the chimeric faces test. There are two key findings from this study. First, for females only, anxiety is negatively associated with right hemispheric superiority for processing of negative emotional expressions. Second, there was only one finding for depression, showing a relationship with strength of lateralisation for the processing of fearful faces that differed according to sex.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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