Article
Genetic modulation of the response bias towards facial displays of anger and happiness.
European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists - 1 May 2014
Gohier B, Senior C, Radua J, El-Hage W, Reichenberg A, Proitsi P, Phillips M L, Surguladze S A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Investigating genetic modulation of emotion processing may contribute to the understanding of heritable mechanisms of emotional disorders. The aim of the present study was to test the effects of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val158met and serotonin-transporter-linked promoter region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphisms on facial emotion processing in healthy individuals. METHODS: Two hundred and seventy...
Topics
- Adult
- Affective Symptoms
- Anger
- Catechol O-Methyltransferase
- Emotional Intelligence
- Facial Expression
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotyping Techniques
- Happiness
