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The neurobiology of self-face recognition in depressed adolescents with low or high suicidality

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Quevedo, Karina, Ng, Rowena, Scott, Hannah, Martin, Jodi, Smyda, Garry, Keener, Matt, Oppenheimer, Caroline W.·2016·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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This study sought to test whether the neurobiology of self-processing differentiated depressed adolescents with high suicidality (HS) from those with low suicidality (LS) and healthy controls (HC; N = 119, MAGE = 14.79, SD = 1.64, Min = 11.3, Max = 17.8). Participants completed a visual self-recognition task in the scanner during which they identified their own or an unfamiliar adolescent face across 3 emotional expressions (happy, neutral or sad). A 3-group (HS, LS, HC) by 2 within-subject factors (2 Self conditions [self, other] and 3 Emotions [happy, neutral, sad]) GLM yielded (a) a main effect of Self condition with all participants showing higher activity in the right occipital, precuneus and fusiform during the self- versus other-face conditions; (b) a main effect of Group where all depressed youth showed higher dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity than HC across all conditions, and with HS showing higher cuneus and occipital activity versus both LS and HC; and (c) a Group by Self by Emotion interaction with HS showing lower activity in both mid parietal, limbic, and prefrontal areas in the Happy self versus other-face condition relative to the LS group, who in turn had less activity compared to HC youth. Covarying for depression severity replicated all results except the third finding; In this subsequent analysis, a Group by Self interaction showed that although HC had similar midline cortical structure (MCS) activity for all faces, LS showed higher MCS activity for the self versus other faces, whereas HS showed the opposite pattern. Results suggest that the neurophysiology of emotionally charged self-referential information can distinguish depressed, suicidal youth versus nonsuicidal depressed and healthy adolescents. Neurophysiological differences and implications for the prediction of suicidality in youth are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Authors
Quevedo, K., Ng, R., Scott, H., Martin, J., Smyda, G., Keener, M., & Oppenheimer, C. W.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Published
2016-11
Volume
125
Issue
8
Pages
1185-1200
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
OpenAlex
W2519889479
Cited by
70
References
74
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2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1
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3.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (K01MH092601)
  • National Science Foundation (00039202)
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
self-face recognition, adolescent depression, suicidality, self-processing, emotional face processing, self-referential processing, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, precuneus, fusiform gyrus, depression severity, suicide risk prediction, neurobiology of depression
MeSH terms
Facial Recognition, Adolescent, Brain, Brain Mapping, Depressive Disorder, Emotions, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Suicide, Recognition, Psychology

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