Figure 4.

Reaction times in rrMDD-patients and controls when performing the facial expression recognition task. Figure shows the reaction times to emotional expressions (irrespective of accuracy of recognition) in rrMDD-patients and controls. At the right, the valences angry, fear, sad and disgust are combined as negative, while surprise and happy are combined as positive emotions. There were no differences in reaction-time between rrMDD-patients and controls for any emotion. There was a significant main effect of valence (p < 0.001), with significant slower reaction-times for negative (p < 0.001) and positive (p = 0.046), relative to neutral faces, but without a significant main group effect or valence*group interaction (p > 0.248).*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; rrMDD, remitted recurrent depressive disorder.