Results: Overall,mothers were more likely to identify happy faces accurately and at lower intensity
than sad faces. Depressed compared to control participants, however,were less likely to accurately
identify happy infant faces. Interestingly, mothers with anxiety tended to identify happy faces at a
lower intensity than controls. There were no differences between the groups in relation to sad faces.
Limitations: Our samplewas relatively small and further research is needed to investigate the links
between mothers' perceptions of infant expressions and both maternal responsiveness and later
measures of child development.