B. AJILCHI, V. NEJATI
Processing sad emotional images takes more time because the
cortical regions are involved, and so thinking and cognitive
analysis have more roles to play in this process. Thus, de-
pressed people show a slower attention bias towards sad images
(more positive attention bias). On the other hand, a more posi-
tive attention bias towards sad images contributes little to the
diagnosis of depression. Thus dot-probe tasks that measure sub-
liminal and unconscious processing (Japee, 2013) could diag-
nose and predict depression more efficiently when using emo-
tional faces as stimuli.
To verify these research findings, one would suggest that fu-
ture research employs brain imaging techniques.
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