A method for diagnosing depression: Facial expression mimicry is evaluated by facial expression recognition

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 323; pp. 809 - 818
• Main Authors: Fu, Gang, Yu, Yanhong, Ye, Jiayu, Zheng, Yunshao, Li, Wentao, Cui, Ning, Wang, Qingxiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.02.2023
• Subjects: Accuracy; Depression; Depression - diagnosis; Emotions - physiology; Facial Expression; Facial expression recognition; Facial Recognition; Happiness; Humans; Mimicry bias; Psychiatric/Mental Health; Reaction time; Voluntary mimicry; Reaction time; Facial expression recognition; Depression; Accuracy; Voluntary mimicry; Mimicry bias

Considerable evidence has shown that facial expression mimicry is impaired in patients with depression. We aimed to evaluate voluntary expression mimicry by facial expression recognition for diagnosing depression. A total of 168 participants performed voluntary expression mimicry task, posing anger,...