Facial masks affect emotion recognition in the general population and individuals with autistic traits.

ABSTRACT: Facial expressions, and the ability to recognize these expressions, have evolved in humans to communicate information to one another. Face masks are equipment used in healthcare by health professionals to prevent the transmission of airborne infections. As part of the social distancing efforts related to COVID-19, wearing facial masks has been practiced globally. Such practice might influence affective information communication among humans. Previous research suggests that masks disrupt expression recognition of some emotions (e.g., fear, sadness or neutrality) and lower the confidence in their identification. To extend the previous research, in the current study we tested a larger and more diverse sample of individuals and also investigated the effect of masks on perceived intensity of ex

SUBMITTER: Pazhoohi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483373 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature