To be or not to be threatening, but what was the question? Biased face evaluation in social anxiety and depression depends on how you frame the query

To be or not to be threatening, but what was the question? Biased face evaluation in social anxiety and depression depends on how you frame the query

Scientific evidence is equivocal on whether Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is characterized by a biased negative evaluation of facial expressions, even though it is assumed that such a bias plays a crucial role in the maintenance of the disorder. The way of framing the evaluation question may play an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wolf-Gero eLange, Mike eRinck, Eni S. eBecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Depression
Facial Expression
facial expressions
methodology
social phobia
Social Anxiety Disorder
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00205/full

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