Journal of Capital Medical University ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 207-210.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2013.02.009

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Self-face recognition of depression

YIN Mengya1, JIA Hongxiao1,2, ZHU Hong1, LIU Jia2   

  1. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Received:2013-01-18 Online:2013-04-21 Published:2013-04-17
  • Supported by:

    This study was supported by Research Grant of Beijing Education Committee(1102013501).

Abstract:

Objective To investigate self-abnormality of depression patients using the experimental psychology paradigm of self-face recognition(SFR). Methods We used the Photoshop, Murph image processing technology to prepare the face images of 16 patients with depression who met the criteria of the DSM-Ⅳ and 16 normal subjects with matched gender, age and education level. The subjects were asked to recognize the face images presented on a computer, the data of the response times recorded by the computer were analyzed by Metlab and SPSS software. Results In the self face images recognition, the patients with depression were slower than that of the healthy subjects(P<0.05). In the stranger images recognition, there were no statistically significant differences between depression patients and healthy subjects(P>0.05). And in the famous images recognition, the right hands of depression patients reacted slower than normal subjects(P<0.05), and left no statistical difference(P>0.05). Conclusion The result indicated that depression patients had self-abnormality.

Key words: depression, face recognition, self-abnormal

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