Citation

Bourne VJ, Vladeanu M. Cogn. Emot. 2015; 31(1): 201-208.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/02699931.2015.1089841

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

Language: en