Bourne Victoria J, Vladeanu Matei
a Department of Psychology , Royal Holloway, University of London , Surrey , UK.
b Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience , King's College, University of London , London , UK.
Cogn Emot. 2017 Jan;31(1):201-208. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1089841. Epub 2015 Sep 29.
Previous research has shown that both anxiety and depression are associated with strength of lateralisation for the processing of emotive faces, although these clinical measures have always been considered in separate studies. In the present study, we measure depression and anxiety, within the same non-clinical sample, and consider whether these variables can predict strength of lateralisation, measured using the chimeric faces test. There are two key findings from this study. First, for females only, anxiety is negatively associated with right hemispheric superiority for processing of negative emotional expressions. Second, there was only one finding for depression, showing a relationship with strength of lateralisation for the processing of fearful faces that differed according to sex.
先前的研究表明，焦虑和抑郁都与处理情绪化面孔的偏侧化强度有关，尽管这些临床指标一直是在单独的研究中被考虑的。在本研究中，我们在同一个非临床样本中测量抑郁和焦虑，并考虑这些变量是否能够预测使用嵌合面孔测试测量的偏侧化强度。本研究有两个关键发现。第一，仅对于女性而言，焦虑与处理负面情绪表达时右半球优势呈负相关。第二，关于抑郁只有一个发现，即它与处理恐惧面孔的偏侧化强度存在因性别而异的关系。
