02231nas a2200409   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653003000118653003100148653002400179653002100203653002000224653001500244653002300259653001000282653002100292653002700313653002300340653001200363653001500375653002200390653001000412653002700422100003300449700002600482700002900508700002100537700003500558700002300593700003200616245012400648300001200772490000700784520100200791022001401793020001401807       2013                            d  c06/2013bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10a2360:Motivation & Emotion10aAdulthood (18 yrs & older)10aEmotion Recognition10aEmotional States10aEmpirical Study10aEnthusiasm10aFacial Expressions10aHuman10aMajor Depression10aMiddle Age (40-64 yrs)10aQuantitative Study10aarticle10aenthusiasm10afacial expression10amoods10asubclinical depression1 aJosé Miguel Latorre Postigo1 aBeatriz Navarro Bravo1 aJuan Pedro Serrano Selva1 aLaura Ros Segura1 aMaría José Aguilar Córcoles1 aMarta Nieto López1 aJorge Javier Ricarte Trives00aEmotion recognition in faces as an indicator of subclinical depression in young and elderly people: A preliminary study  a211-2220 v193 aFacial emotion recognition plays an important role in human communication and social interaction. This study aims to analyze the possibility of detecting depressive symptoms through facial recognition of emotions and if this possibility is similar in young and elderly people. Two groups of participants were assessed, one with subclinical symptoms of depression, and the control group. The MSCEIT facial emotion recognition task was administered to both groups The main result is that there is an association between the recognition of a positive emotion in a neutral face and the level of depressive symptomatology, especially for people over 60 years old This result is consistent with the mood congruent effect  participants with few depressive symptoms evaluate a neutral face in a more positive way, at least in terms of enthusiasm. In summary, this preliminary study provides data on how facial emotion recognition could be an indicator of subclinical depression, especially in the elderly.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437