Article
Neurosciences
I. Muukkonen, V. R. Salmela
Summary: Face perception is an example of how the brain processes visual differences and represents identities and emotional expressions. This study investigates the neural processing of facial expressions using videos with varying intensity and category (happy, angry, surprised). The results show that different brain regions encode expression category and intensity differently, with IFG-FA playing a specific role in encoding expression intensity.
Article
Biology
Jayson Jeganathan, Megan Campbell, Matthew Hyett, Gordon Parker, Michael Breakspear
Summary: This study uses machine vision and systems modeling to analyze dynamic facial expressions of people viewing emotionally salient film clips. The complexity of these expressions can be captured by a few simple spatiotemporal states, each representing a unique combination of facial actions with a distinct spectral fingerprint. This approach has potential applications in studying affective disorders and related mental illnesses.
Article
Psychiatry
Cecilia A. Hinojosa, Michael B. VanElzakker, Katherine C. Hughes, Reid Offringa, Lisa M. Sangermano, Isabella G. Spaulding, Lindsay K. Staples-Bradley, Ethan T. Whitman, Natasha B. Lasko, Scott L. Rauch, Scott P. Orr, Roger K. Pitman, Lisa M. Shin
Summary: Previous research has found that individuals with PTSD and their trauma-unexposed identical cotwins show increased amygdala activation in response to surprised and neutral facial expressions, while the control twin pairs do not exhibit this. Additionally, the PTSD group demonstrated diminished activation in the medial frontal gyrus when viewing surprised facial expressions compared to the other three groups.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Kenn L. Dela Cruz, Caroline M. Kelsey, Xin Tong, Tobias Grossmann
Summary: The current longitudinal study examined maternal facial emotion recognition and infant affect-based attention using eye-tracking at different ages. The results showed consistent maternal responses to angry facial expressions, indicating a trait-like response to social threat among mothers. However, neither maternal responses to happy or fearful facial expressions nor infants' responses to all three facial emotions showed such consistency, suggesting the changeable nature of facial emotion processing, especially in infants. The study also found dynamic changes in infants' attention to negative emotions and limited evidence for developmental continuity in processing negative emotions and the bidirectional interplay of infant affect-biased attention and maternal facial emotion recognition.
INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Philip Deming, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Odile Rodrik, Shelby S. Weaver, Kent A. Kiehl, Michael Koenigs
Summary: Studies have found that individuals with psychopathy have reduced accuracy in categorizing others' facial emotion expressions. However, there is still debate about the strength, specificity, and mechanisms of this ability in psychopathy. Additionally, few studies have examined whether psychopathy is related to reduced facial mimicry or autonomic arousal in response to others' dynamic facial expressions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Olena Bogdanova, Volodymyr B. Bogdanoy, Luke E. Miller, Fadila Hadj-Bouziane
Summary: This study assessed the impact of simulated physical proximity on the perceived intensity of facial emotional expressions and their associated physiological responses. The results showed that physical proximity enhanced physiological responses during observation and imitation of facial expressions, leading to increased intensity ratings of emotions.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Shinnosuke Ikeda
Summary: In this study, the approach-avoidance responses to three types of facial expressions were examined using a tablet device. The results confirmed that there was an avoidance response to the expression of anger, but there was no approach response to the expression of happiness. These findings suggest that using a tablet device to examine approach-avoidance responses is effective, and that the avoidance response to angry expressions is robust.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Jana Bretthauer, Daniela Canu, Ulf Thiemann, Christian Fleischhaker, Heike Brauner, Katharina Mueller, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Monica Biscaldi, Stephan Bender, Christoph Klein
Summary: The study found that ASD, ADHD, and SCZ exhibit different visual patterns when processing facial emotional expressions, indicating differences in cognitive functioning among the three disorders and emphasizing the importance of joint research on cognitive functioning in these disorders.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Heini Tornqvist, Hanna Hoeller, Kerstin Vsetecka, Stefanie Hoehl, Miiamaaria V. V. Kujala
Summary: This study investigates the recognition and evaluation of dog and human emotional facial expressions by 4- and 6-year-old children and adult participants, as well as the effect of dog experience on emotion recognition. The results show that both age and experience influence the recognition and ratings of dog emotions. Children have more difficulty recognizing aggressive dog faces compared to adults, but their recognition of happy dog and human expressions is similar. Children also rate aggressive dogs more positively and with lower arousal than adults, and participants without dog experience rate aggressive dogs more positively.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Heini Tornqvist, Hanna Holler, Kerstin Vsetecka, Stefanie Hoehl, Miiamaaria V. Kujala
Summary: Emotional facial expressions play an important role in social communication. This study examined the recognition and evaluation of dog and human emotional facial expressions by children and adults, as well as the impact of dog experience on emotion recognition. The results showed that adults were better at recognizing aggressive dog faces compared to 4-year-old children, while there was no difference between 6-year-olds and adults. In addition, children rated aggressive dogs more positively than adults did.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Sade J. Abiodun, Joanna M. Salerno, Galen A. Mcallister, Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, Kendra L. Seaman
Summary: This study investigated age-related differences in evoked responses to dynamic facial expressions. The results showed that older adults rated positive facial expressions (happy) more positively and negative facial expressions (angry and sad) more negatively than younger adults in terms of valence. However, there was no significant difference in arousal to negative expressions between older and younger adults. Overall, the findings suggest that older adults may be more sensitive to variations in dynamic facial expressions, particularly in terms of valence estimates.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Toshiko Tanaka, Naohiro Okamoto, Ikuhiro Kida, Masahiko Haruno
Summary: The initial decrease in the 7T-BOLD signals contains finer information about task events and cognitive processes than previously thought, and the decoding accuracy of MVPA 2 seconds after the face onset is significantly higher than chance level in a facial expression discrimination task.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Zizhao Dong, Gang Wang, Shaoyuan Lu, Jingting Li, Wenjing Yan, Su-Jing Wang
Summary: This paper aims to help more people understand coding by studying the relationship between facial muscle movements, AU coding, and emotions. Through data analysis and professional coders' experience, the relationship between AU and emotions is derived, and the complexity of the facial motor cortical network system is discussed. The paper presents the detailed process of emotion labeling, AU detection, and recognition, and concludes with the coding methods for spontaneous expressions and micro-expressions in videos.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Caitlin E. Millett, Alexandra A. Corrigan, Alexandra Adamis, Candice Roquemore Bonner, Julia G. Lebovitz, Stephan T. Palm, Marzieh Majd, Faith M. Gunning, Katherine E. Burdick
Summary: This study suggests an exaggerated negativity bias in bipolar disorder (BD) and little is known about whether people with BD experience the 'positivity effect' with increasing age. By conducting a cross-sectional study, it was found that the accuracy of positive stimulus identification in the healthy control group increased with age, but this pattern was not observed in participants with BD. This finding is important in gaining a clearer picture of the effects of BD on the brain in later life.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Rujing Zhang, Guifang Cheng, Lei Wu
Summary: This study explored the effects of the instructor's facial expressions in video lectures on attention and motor learning in children with ASD versus typically developing children. The results showed that both ASD and TD children paid more attention to the videos when the instructor showed a happy expression. Additionally, children with ASD achieved better motor learning when the instructor smiled. These findings have practical implications for designing learning materials for children with ASD.
EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Andre Zugman, Anita Harrewijn, Elise M. Cardinale, Hannah Zwiebel, Gabrielle F. Freitag, Katy E. Werwath, Janna M. Bas-Hoogendam, Nynke A. Groenewold, Moji Aghajani, Kevin Hilbert, Narcis Cardoner, Daniel Porta-Casteras, Savannah Gosnell, Ramiro Salas, Karina S. Blair, James R. Blair, Mira Z. Hammoud, Mohammed Milad, Katie Burkhouse, K. Luan Phan, Heidi K. Schroeder, Jeffrey R. Strawn, Katja Beesdo-Baum, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Hans J. Grabe, Sandra van der Auwera, Katharina Wittfeld, Jared A. Nielsen, Randy Buckner, Jordan W. Smoller, Benson Mwangi, Jair C. Soares, Mon-Ju Wu, Giovana B. Zunta-Soares, Andrea P. Jackowski, Pedro M. Pan, Giovanni A. Salum, Michal Assaf, Gretchen J. Diefenbach, Paolo Brambilla, Eleonora Maggioni, David Hofmann, Thomas Straube, Carmen Andreescu, Rachel Berta, Erica Tamburo, Rebecca Price, Gisele G. Manfro, Hugo D. Critchley, Elena Makovac, Matteo Mancini, Frances Meeten, Cristina Ottaviani, Federica Agosta, Elisa Canu, Camilla Cividini, Massimo Filippi, Milutin Kostic, Ana Munjiza, Courtney A. Filippi, Ellen Leibenluft, Bianca A. V. Alberton, Nicholas L. Balderston, Monique Ernst, Christian Grillon, Lilianne R. Mujica-Parodi, Helena van Nieuwenhuizen, Gregory A. Fonzo, Martin P. Paulus, Murray B. Stein, Raquel E. Gur, Ruben C. Gur, Antonia N. Kaczkurkin, Bart Larsen, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Jennifer Harper, Michael Myers, Michael T. Perino, Qiongru Yu, Chad M. Sylvester, Dick J. Veltman, Ulrike Lueken, Nic J. A. van der Wee, Dan J. Stein, Neda Jahanshad, Paul M. Thompson, Daniel S. Pine, Anderson M. Winkler
Summary: The ENIGMA-Anxiety/GAD group is conducting a mega-analysis of brain structural scans for generalized anxiety disorder. This report summarizes the challenges faced and the approach taken to overcome them, aiming to guide other research groups working with large brain imaging data sets.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Review
Neurosciences
Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Nynke A. Groenewold, Moji Aghajani, Gabrielle F. Freitag, Anita Harrewijn, Kevin Hilbert, Neda Jahanshad, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Paul M. Thompson, Dick J. Veltman, Anderson M. Winkler, Ulrike Lueken, Daniel S. Pine, Nic J. A. van der Wee, Dan J. Stein
Summary: Anxiety disorders are prevalent and disabling, but can be effectively studied using translational neuroscience methodologies. The ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group aims to address the limitations of small sample sizes and heterogenous imaging methodology in anxiety disorders research, and generate more reliable and reproducible findings. The group has created a harmonized and coordinated effort to study different subtypes of anxiety disorders using neuroimaging data.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Simone P. Haller, Joel Stoddard, Christian Botz-Zapp, Michal Clayton, Caroline MacGillivray, Gretchen Perhamus, Kelsey Stiles, Katharina Kircanski, Ian S. Penton-Voak, Yair Bar-Haim, Marcus Munafo, Kenneth E. Towbin, Melissa A. Brotman
Summary: The study aimed to examine the effect of interpretation bias training on youths with chronic irritability. While engaging the proposed behavioral target, there was no statistically significant improvement in clinical outcomes.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Jodi Zik, Christen M. Deveney, Jarrod M. Ellingson, Simone P. Haller, Katharina Kircanski, Elise M. Cardinale, Melissa A. Brotman, Joel Stoddard
Summary: Despite being distinct from aggression, irritability is highly correlated with anger. Child-reported outward expression of anger overlaps significantly with irritability, providing empirical support for the clinical categorization of irritability as a proneness to express anger outwardly. The informant source explains a substantial portion of response variance.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Ru Zhang, Joseph Aloi, Sahil Bajaj, Johannah Bashford-Largo, Jennie Lukoff, Amanda Schwartz, Jamie Elowsky, Matthew Dobbertin, Karina S. Blair, R. James R. Blair
Summary: This study found that there is dysfunction in reward-punishment responsiveness in individuals with conduct disorder, and the severity of this dysfunction is associated with callous-unemotional traits but not irritability.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Maria K. Wilson, Danielle Cornacchio, Melissa A. Brotman, Jonathan S. Comer
Summary: In this age range, ARI-P scores showed large associations with other irritability index and small-to-large associations with aggression, anxiety, depression, and attention problems, supporting the convergent and concurrent validity of the ARI-P when used with children in this younger age range.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jordan E. Pierce, R. James R. Blair, Kayla R. Clark, Maital Neta
Summary: This study explores the temporal dynamics of brain regions involved in emotion regulation during cognitive reappraisal. The findings suggest that the downregulation of amygdala response to negative images does not occur immediately, but rather in the late stage of the trial. Different prefrontal regions also show different activation patterns, with some showing reappraisal-related activation early on and others showing increased activation later.
COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Gang Chen, Daniel S. Pine, Melissa A. Brotman, Ashley R. Smith, Robert W. Cox, Paul A. Taylor, Simone P. Haller
Summary: Trials play a crucial role in task-based neuroimaging, impacting statistical efficiency and condition-level generalizability. Increasing both trial and subject sample sizes can improve statistical efficiency more effectively than focusing on subjects alone, and trial-level modeling may be necessary for accurately assessing effect estimates with small trial size.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Karina S. Blair, Joseph Aloi, Johannah Bashford-Largo, Ru Zhang, Jaimie Elowsky, Jennie Lukoff, Steven Vogel, Erin Carollo, Amanda Schwartz, Kayla Pope, Sahil Bajaj, Nim Tottenham, Matthew Dobbertin, R. James Blair
Summary: This study using fMRI techniques demonstrates the adverse neurodevelopmental impact of childhood maltreatment (especially neglect) on reinforcement processing, and suggests a neurodevelopmental route by which neglect may increase the risk of conduct problems.
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Developmental
Melissa A. Brotman, Katharina Kircanski
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Ka Shu Lee, Cheyanne N. Hagan, Mina Hughes, Grace Cotter, Eva McAdam Freud, Katharina Kircanski, Ellen Leibenluft, Melissa A. Brotman, Wan-Ling Tseng
Summary: This study aims to summarize the methods and results of using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate neural dysfunction in childhood irritability. The findings showed small sample sizes, heterogeneous sample characteristics, and a lack of neural activation convergence. Therefore, there is a need for standardized irritability assessments and more homogeneous fMRI tasks to study the neural mechanisms of irritability.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Alecia C. Vogel, Melissa A. Brotman, Amy Krain Roy, Susan B. Perlman
Summary: This study highlights the importance of studying positive emotion dysregulation and proposes a developmental approach to examining it within the context of temperament. The research findings suggest that dysregulation of positive emotion is associated with externalizing symptoms and clinical impairment in youth.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Developmental
Douglas K. Novins, Robert R. Althoff, Melissa A. Brotman, Samuele Cortese, Melissa DelBello, Alysa Doyle, Stacy S. Drury, Lisa Fortuna, Jean A. Frazier, Mary Fristad, Schuyler W. Henderson, Elizabeth McCauley, Christel Middeldorp, Wanjiku F. M. Njoroge, Cynthia E. Rogers, Tonya White
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Wan-Ling Tseng, Reut Naim, Amanda Chue, Shannon Shaughnessy, Jennifer Meigs, Daniel S. Pine, Ellen Leibenluft, Katharina Kircanski, Melissa A. Brotman
Summary: This study used a network analytic approach and smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment to investigate the relationship between irritability and other anxiety and mood symptoms. The results showed that frustration was the most central node in the networks of between-prompt symptoms, while sadness and anger were the most central nodes in the networks of momentary symptoms. Furthermore, anger was broadly positively related to sadness, mood lability, and worry across individuals.
JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Avantika Mathur, Johannah Bashford-Largo, Jaimie Elowsky, Ru Zhang, Matthew Dobbertin, Patrick M. Tyler, Sahil Bajaj, Karina S. Blair, James R. Blair
Summary: The current study aimed to investigate the association between atypical neural responsiveness during retaliation and observed aggression in youth in residential care. The findings indicated that aggressive adolescents displayed reduced neural activity in regions related to expected value representation and response control during a retaliation task. These individuals also showed a higher tendency for aggression prior to residential care and exhibited increased levels of retaliation.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
