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Attachment theory emphasizes the role of negative emotional expression in infancy for establishing proximity to and care of the caregiver.
Results concurring with this hypothesis have been described in a subgroup of people with pathologically negative emotional expression – women with post-traumatic stress disorder [11].
Mood also affects the processing of facial expressions: when a face slowly morphs from a positive to a negative emotional expression, participants in a negative mood will indicate that the facial expression becomes negative at an earlier moment than participants in a positive mood [13], [14].
In ambiguous schematic facial expressions, mood, as induced with music, affects classification: whereas participants in a positive mood are more likely to judge the expression of an ambiguous face as positive, participants in a negative mood will judge that same face to have a negative emotional expression [15], [16].
In the previous study (Davies et al., 2011) the currently ill AN patients did not show significantly more negative emotional expression during the positive film clips compared to HC.
A similar result was found in relation to follower agreeableness, with followers who were high in agreeableness performing better in response to a negative emotional expression from the leader than those employees with low agreeableness.
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Most studies, however, have concluded that MDMA worsens recognition of negative emotional expressions [ 57, 75, 76] particularly those of fear [ 57].
For example, their study demonstrates that follower conscientiousness has a major impact on whether negative emotional expressions lead to better or worse outcomes.
In summary, the Chi and Ho article strengthens our understanding of asymmetrical outcomes from negative emotional expressions and the importance of considering individual difference variables in moderating this process.
Reduced sympathetic skin conductance in patients with Parkinson's disease viewing faces with negative emotional expressions could possibly only reflect a peripheral deficit, as Lewy body pathology also occurs in sympathetic ganglia of the skin (Bowers et al., 2008).
For example, speed is important when coping with threat-related stimuli such as fear-relevant animals (e.g., snakes) or negative emotional expressions (e.g., angry face); fast identification of such stimuli allows early activation of defence systems (LeDoux, 1996; Öhman, 1996).
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