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Assessing the effectiveness of online emotion recognition training in healthy volunteers.
Reed, Zoe E; Suddell, Steph; Eastwood, Andy; Thomas, Lilian; Dwyer, Imogen; Penton-Voak, Ian S; Jarrold, Christopher; Munafò, Marcus R; Attwood, Angela S.
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  • Reed ZE; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1QU, UK.
  • Suddell S; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1QU, UK.
  • Eastwood A; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1QU, UK.
  • Thomas L; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1QU, UK.
  • Dwyer I; National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK.
  • Penton-Voak IS; Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
  • Jarrold C; Psychology, Department of Social Sciences, UWE, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK.
  • Munafò MR; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1QU, UK.
  • Attwood AS; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1QU, UK.
R Soc Open Sci ; 10(9): 230372, 2023 Sep.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37771966
Facial emotion recognition (ER) difficulties are associated with mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism and poorer social functioning. ER interventions may therefore have clinical potential. We investigated the efficacy of ER training (ERT). We conducted three online studies with healthy volunteers completing one ERT session. Studies 1 and 2 included active and control/sham training groups and tested the efficacy of (i) four-emotion ERT (angry, happy, sad and scared) (n = 101), and (ii) six-emotion ERT (adding disgusted and surprised) (n = 109). Study 3 tested generalizability of ERT to non-trained stimuli with groups trained and tested on the same stimuli, or different stimuli (n = 120). Training effects on total correct hits were estimated using linear mixed effects models. We did not observe clear evidence of improvement in study 1 but note the effect was in the direction of improvement (b = 0.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) = -0.02 to 0.07). Study 2 indicated greater total hits following training (b = 0.07, 95% CI = 0.03-0.12). Study 3 demonstrated similar improvement across groups (b = -0.01, 95% CI = -0.05 to 0.02). Our results indicate improved ER (as measured by our task), which generalizes to different facial stimulus sets. Future studies should further explore generalizability, longer-term effects and ERT in populations with known ER difficulties.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article