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  • Cognitive Science

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  • Gaze direction conveys crucial emotional information, influencing social perception from infancy.
  • Bipolar disorder involves significant emotional and cognitive dysregulation.
  • Attentional control deficits may impact facial emotion processing in bipolar disorder.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate attentional control and face processing in bipolar patients (BP) using gaze direction.
  • To examine neurophysiological responses to neutral faces with direct versus averted gaze in BP.
  • To identify potential biomarkers for abnormal affective processing in bipolar disorder.

Main Methods:

  • High-density electroencephalography (EEG) was used during a two-back working memory task.
  • Nineteen euthymic bipolar patients and matched controls viewed neutral faces with direct and averted gaze.
  • Event-related potentials (ERPs), specifically P200 and P300, were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Bipolar patients exhibited diminished P200 and augmented P300 responses compared to controls.
  • A reduced P200 amplitude was observed in BP, more pronounced for direct gaze.
  • Source localization indicated reduced activity in sensory-motor and frontal areas in BP.

Conclusions:

  • Neurophysiological evidence suggests abnormal gaze processing in bipolar disorder.
  • Dysfunctional processing of direct eye contact appears to be a key characteristic of bipolar disorder.
  • Altered affective processing of neutral faces may contribute to social interaction difficulties in BP.