AUTHOR=Romero-Rebollar César , García-Gómez Leonor , Báez-Yáñez Mario G. , Gutiérrez-Aguilar Ruth , Pacheco-López Gustavo 

TITLE=Adiposity affects emotional information processing

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879065

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879065

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Obesity is a worldwide epidemic associated with severe health and psychological wellbeing impairments expressed by an increased prevalence of affective disorders. Emotional dysfunction is important due to its effect on social performance. The aim of the present narrative review is to provide a general overview of human research exploring emotional information processing in overweight and obese people. Evidence suggests that obesity is associated with an attenuation of emotional experience, contradictory findings about emotion recognition, and scarce research about automatic emotional information processing. Finally, we made some concluding considerations for future research on emotional information processing in overweight and obese people.</p>