Increased sensitivity to sad faces in depressive symptomatology: A longitudinal study

Research on emotional recognition in psychiatric disorders began with the study of schizophrenia, after which it extended to bipolar disorder, and major depression disorder (Kohler  et al. 2011). The cumulative body of research has shown that people with depression suffer from cognitive impairments in general, and it has repeatedly been argued that there is “negative bias” in depression (for a review, see Gotlib& Joormann,  2010). Negative bias refers to an affinity to negative information observed in patients with depression; for example, a tendency to recall negative memories compared to positive ones (Mathews& MacLeod, 2005; Matt et  al., 1992) and to pay more attention to negative information (MacLeod et al., 1986).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research