Implicit facial emotion recognition of fear and anger in obesity

Scarpina, Federica; Varallo, Giorgia; Castelnuovo, Gianluca; Capodaglio, Paolo; Molinari, Enrico; Mauro, Alessandro

doi:10.1007/s40519-020-01010-6

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“…In this work, we investigated the processing of fearful facial expressions in individuals recovered in COVID-19 post-intensive care units, through a behavioral approach. As reported in previous studies (i.e., [9,10,28]), an altered recognition of facial emotion expressions represents a sign of mental health difficulties [18,19] and psychological distress [14]. We observed an alteration of this process in our sample: specifically, our participants reported difficulties in detecting and recognizing fearful expressions.…”

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“…We used the short version [8] of the implicit facial emotion recognition task [8][9][10] focused on the emotion of fear. It was a go-no go task, grounded on the redundant target effect [11]: individuals respond faster when two identical targets are presented simultaneously rather than when presented alone; moreover, the competitive presence of a distractor (that is another emotion or a neutral expression) affects the correct recognition of the target.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Preliminary inspection of the raw data showed the presence of an outlier. However, we decided not to remove it, in line with the previous studies [8][9][10].…”

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“…In this work, we assessed the fear-related psychological functioning in a sample of individuals who were hospitalized in Italian COVID-19 post-intensive care units. We used a behavioural approach, applying the short version [8] of the implicit facial emotion recognition task [9,10] grounded on the attentional mechanism of the redundant target effect [11,12]. Considering the extensive literature about this attentional effect [i.e., 11,12], the approach proposed in this paper is convenient to provide a strong a-priori hypothesis.…”

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Psychological functioning in survivors of COVID-19: Evidence from recognition of fearful facial expressions

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Evidence about the psychological functioning in individuals who survived the COVID-19 infectious is still rare in the literature. In this paper, we investigated fearful facial expressions recognition, as a behavioural means to assess psychological functioning. From May 15th, 2020 to January 30th, 2021, we enrolled sixty Italian individuals admitted in multiple Italian COVID-19 post-intensive care units. The detection and recognition of fearful facial expressions were assessed through an experimental task grounded on an attentional mechanism (i.e., the redundant target effect). According to the results, our participants showed an altered behaviour in detecting and recognizing fearful expressions. Specifically, their performance was in disagreement with the expected behavioural effect. Our study suggested altered processing of fearful expressions in individuals who survived the COVID-19 infectious. Such a difficulty might represent a crucial sign of psychological distress and it should be addressed in tailored psychological interventions in rehabilitative settings and after discharge.

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confidence: 99%

“…Preliminary inspection of the raw data showed the presence of an outlier. However, we decided not to remove it, in line with the previous studies [8][9][10].…”

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“…In addition, two papers were excluded because of the sample [69,70] and one [71] because of the method: words (instead of faces) were used as visual stimuli in the experimental task. Finally, one article was the post-publication correction relative to another article [72]. Inspecting one article [34], the two reviewers found the reference to Baldaro and colleagues' study [73], in which the FER task was used.…”

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Facial Emotion Recognition in Obesity and in Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review

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Scarpina

2021

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Facial emotion recognition (FER) is extensively investigated in psychological sciences in healthy individuals and clinical conditions. In this paper, we analyzed those studies in which FER was assessed in the case of obesity or fibromyalgia, in relation to the levels of alexithymia. Crucially, these two conditions frequently co-occur; however, no study has explored FER considering both fibromyalgia and obesity. Studies were identified using the electronic search engine of PubMed. The last research was run on 23 July 2021. Two independent lists were generated for the two clinical conditions. Six records were reviewed about obesity, while three records about fibromyalgia. The evidence relative to FER in obesity was not conclusive, whereas the evidence about an altered FER in fibromyalgia seemed more straightforward. Moreover, the role of alexithymia on FER in these clinical conditions was not extensively investigated. In our discussion, we highlighted those factors that should be carefully addressed in investigating FER in these clinical conditions. Moreover, we underlined methodological criticisms that should be overcome in future research.

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Altered recognition of fearful and angry facial expressions in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: an experimental case–control study

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Ghiggia

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Evidence relative to facial emotion recognition and the role played by alexithymia in fibromyalgia syndrome is rare and heterogeneous. In this work, we investigated this ability in fibromyalgia investigating the implicit behaviour in the facial emotion recognition task, focusing on fear and anger. Twenty women with fibromyalgia and twenty healthy women as controls performed a facial emotion recognition of fearful and angry expressions. Their implicit behaviour was scored in accordance with the redundant target effect. The level of alexithymic traits through a standard psychological questionnaire and its effect on behavioral performance were also assessed. Participants affected by fibromyalgia reported a lower level of accuracy in recognizing fearful and angry expressions, in comparison with the controls. Crucially, such a difference was not explained by the different levels of alexithymic traits between groups. Our results agreed with some previous evidence suggesting an altered recognition of others’ emotional facial expressions in fibromyalgia syndrome. Considering the role of emotion recognition on social cognition and psychological well-being in fibromyalgia, we underlined the crucial role of emotional difficulties in the onset and maintenance of the symptoms life-span.

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Implicit facial emotion recognition of fear and anger in obesity

Cited by 18 publications

References 25 publications

Psychological functioning in survivors of COVID-19: Evidence from recognition of fearful facial expressions

Psychological functioning in survivors of COVID-19: Evidence from recognition of fearful facial expressions

Facial Emotion Recognition in Obesity and in Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review

Altered recognition of fearful and angry facial expressions in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: an experimental case–control study

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