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Configural and Featural Face Processing Influences on Emotion Recognition in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2017

Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen ,
Nicole Joshua ,
David J Castle  and
Susan L. Rossell
Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia(TVR at Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre) Centre for Mental Health (CMH), Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc), The Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Nicole Joshua
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia(TVR at Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre)
David J Castle
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia(TVR at Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre) Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Susan L. Rossell
Affiliation:
Centre for Mental Health (CMH), Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc), The Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to: Tamsyn Van Rheenen, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Level 3, Alan Gilbert Building, 161 Barry Street, Carlton, Vic 3053, Australia. E-mail: tamsyn.van@unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

Objectives: Emotion recognition impairments have been demonstrated in schizophrenia (Sz), but are less consistent and lesser in magnitude in bipolar disorder (BD). This may be related to the extent to which different face processing strategies are engaged during emotion recognition in each of these disorders. We recently showed that Sz patients had impairments in the use of both featural and configural face processing strategies, whereas BD patients were impaired only in the use of the latter. Here we examine the influence that these impairments have on facial emotion recognition in these cohorts. Methods: Twenty-eight individuals with Sz, 28 individuals with BD, and 28 healthy controls completed a facial emotion labeling task with two conditions designed to separate the use of featural and configural face processing strategies; part-based and whole-face emotion recognition. Results: Sz patients performed worse than controls on both conditions, and worse than BD patients on the whole-face condition. BD patients performed worse than controls on the whole-face condition only. Conclusions: Configural processing deficits appear to influence the recognition of facial emotions in BD, whereas both configural and featural processing abnormalities impair emotion recognition in Sz. This may explain discrepancies in the profiles of emotion recognition between the disorders. (JINS, 2017, 23, 287–291)

Keywords

Emotion processingFace processingPsychosisNeuropsychologySocial cognitionHolistic face processing
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Brief Communication
Information
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , March 2017 , pp. 287 - 291
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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2017 

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