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ArticlePloS one2021

Psychological functioning in survivors of COVID-19: Evidence from recognition of fearful facial expressions.

Federica Scarpina, Marco Godi, Stefano Corna, Ionathan Seitanidis, Paolo Capodaglio, Alessandro Mauro

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Federica ScarpinaIstituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, U.O. di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, Ospedale S. Giuseppe, Piancavallo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4326-1596
Marco GodiInstitute of Veruno, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Gattico-Veruno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8501-6524
Stefano CornaInstitute of Veruno, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Gattico-Veruno, Italy.
Ionathan SeitanidisIstituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, U.O. di U.O. Riabilitazione Osteoarticolare, Ospedale S. Giuseppe, Piancavallo, Italy.
Paolo CapodaglioIstituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, U.O. di U.O. Riabilitazione Osteoarticolare, Ospedale S. Giuseppe, Piancavallo, Italy.
Alessandro MauroIstituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, U.O. di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione, Ospedale S. Giuseppe, Piancavallo, Italy.
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · ITIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence about the psychological functioning in individuals who survived the COVID-19 infectious is still rare in the literature. In this paper, we investigated fearful facial expressions recognition, as a behavioural means to assess psychological functioning. From May 15th, 2020 to January 30th, 2021, we enrolled sixty Italian individuals admitted in multiple Italian COVID-19 post-intensive care units. The detection and recognition of fearful facial expressions were assessed through an experimental task grounded on an attentional mechanism (i.e., the redundant target effect). According to the results, our participants showed an altered behaviour in detecting and recognizing fearful expressions. Specifically, their performance was in disagreement with the expected behavioural effect. Our study suggested altered processing of fearful expressions in individuals who survived the COVID-19 infectious. Such a difficulty might represent a crucial sign of psychological distress and it should be addressed in tailored psychological interventions in rehabilitative settings and after discharge.

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FearAdultCOVID-19Facial RecognitionFemaleHumansMaleRecognition, Psychology

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