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FACIAL AFFECT RECOGNITON DEFICITS IN BIPOLAR DISORDER

Getz, Glen Edward
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin985628344

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2001, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Psychology.
Patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BPD), by definition, have problems with emotional regulation. However, it remains uncertain whether these patients are also deficient at processing other people's emotions, particularly while in the manic state. The present study examined the ability of 25 manic patients and 25 healthy participants on tasks of facial recognition and facial affect recognition at three different presentation durations: 500ms, 750ms, and 1000ms. The groups did not differ in terms of age, education, sex, race or estimated IQ. In terms of facial recognition, the groups did not differ significantly on either a novel computerized facial recognition task or the Benton Facial Recognition task. In contrast, the BPD group performed significantly more poorly than did the comparison group on a novel facial affect discrimination task and a novel facial affect labeling task at 500ms presentation duration. Facial affect processing was not impaired at longer presentation durations. Further, the patient group slower on all three computerized tasks. This study indicates that patients with BPD may need more time to examine facial affect, but exhibit a normal ability to recognize faces.
Stephen Strakowski (Advisor)
Psychology, General
bipolar disorder; facial affect; emotion recognition; mania; reaction time

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  • Getz, G. E. (2001). FACIAL AFFECT RECOGNITON DEFICITS IN BIPOLAR DISORDER [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin985628344

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Getz, Glen. FACIAL AFFECT RECOGNITON DEFICITS IN BIPOLAR DISORDER. 2001. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin985628344.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Getz, Glen. "FACIAL AFFECT RECOGNITON DEFICITS IN BIPOLAR DISORDER." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin985628344

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