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The effect of age on emotion processing in individuals with mood disorders and in healthy individuals.
Gray, Vanessa; Moot, William; Frampton, Christopher M A; Douglas, Katie M; Gallagher, Peter; Jordan, Jennifer; Carter, Janet D; Inder, Maree; Crowe, Marie; McIntosh, Virginia V W; Porter, Richard J.
Afiliación
  • Gray V; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Moot W; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Frampton CMA; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Douglas KM; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Gallagher P; Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) Waitaha Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Jordan J; Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
  • Carter JD; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Inder M; Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) Waitaha Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Crowe M; School of Psychology Speech and Hearing, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • McIntosh VVW; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Porter RJ; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Front Psychol ; 15: 1204204, 2024.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38344279
ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Emotion processing is an essential part of interpersonal relationships and social interactions. Changes in emotion processing have been found in both mood disorders and in aging, however, the interaction between such factors has yet to be examined in detail. This is of interest due to the contrary nature of the changes observed in existing research - a negativity bias in mood disorders versus a positivity effect with aging. It is also unclear how changes in non-emotional cognitive function with aging and in mood disorders, interact with these biases. Methods and

results:

In individuals with mood disorders and in healthy control participants, we examined emotional processing and its relationship to age in detail. Data sets from two studies examining facial expression recognition were pooled. In one study, 98 currently depressed individuals (either unipolar or bipolar) were compared with 61 healthy control participants, and in the other, 100 people with bipolar disorder (in various mood states) were tested on the same facial expression recognition task. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to examine the effects of age and mood disorder diagnosis alongside interactions between individual emotion, age, and mood disorder diagnosis. A positivity effect was associated with increasing age which was evident irrespective of the presence of mood disorder or current mood episode.

Discussion:

Results suggest a positivity effect occurring at a relatively early age but with no evidence of a bias toward negative emotions in mood disorder or specifically, in depressed episodes. The positivity effect in emotional processing in aging appears to occur even within people with mood disorders. Further research is needed to understand how this fits with negative biases seen in previous studies in mood disorders.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Nueva Zelanda Pais de publicación: Suiza
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Nueva Zelanda Pais de publicación: Suiza