scholarly journals Facial emotion recognition in children with externalising behaviours: A systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1068-1085
Author(s):  
Sara Cooper ◽  
Christopher W Hobson ◽  
Stephanie HM van Goozen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Externalising Problems ◽  
Adolescents And Adults ◽  
Externalising Behaviours

Difficulties in facial emotion recognition (FER) are associated with a range of mental health and antisocial presentations in adolescents and adults. Externalising behaviours in children are often one of the earliest signs of risk for the development of such difficulties. This article systematically reviews the evidence (from both group and correlational studies) for whether there is a relationship between FER and externalising behaviours in pre-adolescent children (aged 12 and under), both across and within externalising behaviour domains (hyperactivity, conduct problems, callous-unemotional traits, and aggression). Four electronic databases were searched producing 1,296 articles. Articles were included if they used validated measures of FER and externalising behaviours. Sixteen articles met criteria for inclusion in the review. Overall, the results suggested FER problems are present in ADHD, CP and callous-unemotional presentations, and in samples of children with higher levels of externalising problems rather than in community samples. However, there was no consistent evidence for specific emotions being implicated in the studies reviewed. Clinically, the findings suggest that FER difficulties are commonly associated with externalising behaviours, and hence this review offers some support that FER deficits could be a relevant target of intervention for externalising behaviours. However, more longitudinal studies are required, that control for other variables that might underlie FER difficulties (e.g. IQ or basic Theory of Mind abilities), to inform our knowledge of whether FER difficulties are a causal factor in externalising behaviours.

scholarly journals In the eyes of the beholder: investigating the effect of visual probing on accuracy and gaze fixations when attending to facial expressions among primary and secondary callous-unemotional variants

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1441-1451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melina Nicole Kyranides ◽  
Kostas A. Fanti ◽  
Maria Petridou ◽  
Eva R. Kimonis
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Eye Gaze ◽  
Repeated Measurements ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Cu Traits ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
The Face ◽  
Gaze Fixations

AbstractIndividuals with callous-unemotional (CU) traits show deficits in facial emotion recognition. According to preliminary research, this impairment may be due to attentional neglect to peoples’ eyes when evaluating emotionally expressive faces. However, it is unknown whether this atypical processing pattern is unique to established variants of CU traits or modifiable with intervention. This study examined facial affect recognition and gaze patterns among individuals (N = 80; M age = 19.95, SD = 1.01 years; 50% female) with primary vs secondary CU variants. These groups were identified based on repeated measurements of conduct problems, CU traits, and anxiety assessed in adolescence and adulthood. Accuracy and number of fixations on areas of interest (forehead, eyes, and mouth) while viewing six dynamic emotions were assessed. A visual probe was used to direct attention to various parts of the face. Individuals with primary and secondary CU traits were less accurate than controls in recognizing facial expressions across all emotions. Those identified in the low-anxious primary-CU group showed reduced overall fixations to fearful and painful facial expressions compared to those in the high-anxious secondary-CU group. This difference was not specific to a region of the face (i.e. eyes or mouth). Findings point to the importance of investigating both accuracy and eye gaze fixations, since individuals in the primary and secondary groups were only differentiated in the way they attended to specific facial expression. These findings have implications for differentiated interventions focused on improving facial emotion recognition with regard to attending and correctly identifying emotions.

Facial emotion recognition in child psychiatry: A systematic review

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1505-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Collin ◽  
Jasmeet Bindra ◽  
Monika Raju ◽  
Christopher Gillberg ◽  
Helen Minnis
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Child Psychiatry ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion

Facial Emotion Recognition in Maltreated Children: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 1493-1509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Medeiros Assed ◽  
Tatiana Cohab Khafif ◽  
Gabriel Okawa Belizario ◽  
Raquel Fatorelli ◽  
Cristiana Castanho de Ameida Rocca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Maltreated Children

scholarly journals Facial Emotion Recognition in Obesity and in Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review

NeuroSci ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-352
Author(s):  
Giulia Vaioli ◽  
Federica Scarpina
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Electronic Search ◽  
Clinical Conditions

Facial emotion recognition (FER) is extensively investigated in psychological sciences in healthy individuals and clinical conditions. In this paper, we analyzed those studies in which FER was assessed in the case of obesity or fibromyalgia, in relation to the levels of alexithymia. Crucially, these two conditions frequently co-occur; however, no study has explored FER considering both fibromyalgia and obesity. Studies were identified using the electronic search engine of PubMed. The last research was run on 23 July 2021. Two independent lists were generated for the two clinical conditions. Six records were reviewed about obesity, while three records about fibromyalgia. The evidence relative to FER in obesity was not conclusive, whereas the evidence about an altered FER in fibromyalgia seemed more straightforward. Moreover, the role of alexithymia on FER in these clinical conditions was not extensively investigated. In our discussion, we highlighted those factors that should be carefully addressed in investigating FER in these clinical conditions. Moreover, we underlined methodological criticisms that should be overcome in future research.

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