ArticlePloS one2017
Computerised analysis of facial emotion expression in eating disorders.
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- A pilot study investigating the acceptability and feasibility of a group intervention for parents of autistic young people with anorexia nervosa within a specialist eating disorders service.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Facial Emotional Expression in Reaction to Internet Gaming Videos Among Young Adults: A Preliminary and Exploratory Study.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2025Article
- Autistic traits and perspective taking in youths with anorexia nervosa: an exploratory clinical and eye tracking study.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Automatic detection of facial expressions during the Cyberball paradigm in Borderline Personality Disorder: a pilot study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Positive communication workshops: are they useful for treatment programmes for anorexia nervosa?Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Evaluation of film stimuli for the assessment of social-emotional processing: a pilot study.PeerJ · 2022Article
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- Facial and Vocal Expressions During Clinical Interviews Suggest an Emotional Modulation Paradox in Borderline Personality Disorder: An Explorative Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- The "Virtual Digital Twins" Concept in Precision Nutrition.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Article
- Alexithymia may explain the relationship between autistic traits and eating disorder psychopathology.Molecular autism · 2020Article
- Keep your interoceptive streams under control: An active inference perspective on anorexia nervosa.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2020Article
- Negative Mood States Are Related to the Characteristics of Facial Expression Drawing: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- An Overview of Conceptualizations of Eating Disorder Recovery, Recent Findings, and Future Directions.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Review
- Development of a methodology to combine fMRI and EMG to measure emotional responses in patients with anorexia nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2018Article
- Premorbid and Illness-related Social Difficulties in Eating Disorders: An Overview of the Literature and Treatment Developments.Current neuropharmacology · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundProblems with social-emotional processing are known to be an important contributor to the development and maintenance of eating disorders (EDs). Diminished facial communication of emotion has been frequently reported in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN). Less is known about facial expressivity in bulimia nervosa (BN) and in people who have recovered from AN (RecAN). This study aimed to pilot the use of computerised facial expression analysis software to investigate emotion expression across the ED spectrum and recovery in a large sample of participants.
method297 participants with AN, BN, RecAN, and healthy controls were recruited. Participants watched film clips designed to elicit happy or sad emotions, and facial expressions were then analysed using FaceReader.
resultsThe finding mirrored those from previous work showing that healthy control and RecAN participants expressed significantly more positive emotions during the positive clip compared to the AN group. There were no differences in emotion expression during the sad film clip. DISCUSSION: These findings support the use of computerised methods to analyse emotion expression in EDs. The findings also demonstrate that reduced positive emotion expression is likely to be associated with the acute stage of AN illness, with individuals with BN showing an intermediate profile.
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