Stability of facial emotion recognition performance in bipolar disorder

Diego J Martino; Cecilia Samamé; Sergio A Strejilevich

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.026

Stability of facial emotion recognition performance in bipolar disorder

Psychiatry Res. 2016 Sep 30:243:182-4. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.026. Epub 2016 Jun 28.

Authors

Diego J Martino¹, Cecilia Samamé², Sergio A Strejilevich³

Affiliations

¹ Bipolar Disorder Program, Neuroscience Institute, Favaloro University, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: diejmartino@gmail.com.
² Bipolar Disorder Program, Neuroscience Institute, Favaloro University, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
³ Bipolar Disorder Program, Neuroscience Institute, Favaloro University, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Institute of Cognitive Neurology (INECO), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 27416537
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.026

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the performance in emotional processing over time in a sample of euthymic patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Performance in the facial recognition of the six basic emotions (surprise, anger, sadness, happiness, disgust, and fear) did not change during a follow-up period of almost 7 years. These preliminary results suggest that performance in facial emotion recognition might be stable over time in BD.

Keywords: Emotional processing; Longitudinal; Social cognition.

MeSH terms

Adult
Bipolar Disorder / psychology*
Emotions / physiology*
Facial Expression*
Facial Recognition*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged