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. 2018 Mar 5;9:63. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00063

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Mean (±SD) percentage of first fixation position on (A) happy vs. neutral facial expression in n = 15 patients with chronic pain disorder (CP), n = 15 individuals with depressive symptoms (DC), and n = 15 healthy individuals (HC) and (B) sad vs. neutral facial expression in n = 16 CP, n = 16 individuals with depressive symptoms (DC), and n = 16 healthy individuals (HC). The CP group and HC group oriented their attention significantly more often first to happy faces, while the DC group showed no preference for happy faces in attentional orienting (*p < 0.05).