Objective: Processing affective facial expressions is an important component of
interpersonal relationships. However, depressed patients show impairments in this system …

We have previously shown that a single dose of intravenous citalopram in healthy
volunteers enhances the detection of fearful facial expressions, suggesting an effect of acute …

The differentiation of “facial expressions” is a process of higher mental activity, which has
considerable applications in “psychology of moods and emotions”. We applied the approach …

Context Deficits in emotion processing are prominent in schizophrenia, and flat affect is
resistant to treatment and portends poor outcome. Investigation of the underlying neural …

Bipolar disorder is one of the most debilitating and common illnesses worldwide. Individuals
with bipolar disorder frequently present to clinical services when depressed but are often …

Whereas there is ample evidence for a role of the amygdala in the processing of visual
emotional stimuli, particularly those with negative value, discrepant results have been …

Theory of mind (ToM)–our ability to predict behaviors of others in terms of their underlying
intentions–has been examined through verbal and nonverbal false-belief (FB) tasks …

Some studies have suggested that emotion primarily increases memory for “gist,” and does
not enhance memory for detail. There are, however, some instances in which negative …

Previous research has examined neural responses to threatening facial expressions such
as those displaying anger, fear, and disgust. Here, we examined neural responses to a …

Social interaction involves the active visual perception of facial expressions and
communicative gestures. This study examines the distribution of gaze fixations while …