Effects of age and emotional intensity on the recognition of facial emotion
Effects of age and emotional intensity on the recognition of facial emotion
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DOI：
10.1080/03610730701762047
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Phillips, Louise H.
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作者：
Orgeta, Vasiliki;Phillips, Louise H.
老年人在识别某些负面面部情绪的能力方面存在特定的缺陷。本研究考察了表情强度对40名青年和40名老年人面部表情识别的影响。老年人在感知低强度的快乐、惊讶和厌恶的微妙表情方面没有表现出任何障碍。然而，老年人在识别所有强度的悲伤，愤怒和恐惧方面都较差，在50%的强度下受损最大。所观察到的年龄差异并没有受到协变一般面部处理技能，但大大减少时，一般认知功能的措施是协变。目前的研究表明，识别面部表情的情绪的年龄差异不是由视觉感知能力下降引起的，但可能与一般的认知变化部分重叠。
Older adults have a specific deficit in their ability to identify some negative facial emotions. The present study investigated the influence of intensity of expression on 40 young and 40 older adults' recognition of facial expressions of emotion. Older adults showed no impairment in the perception of low-intensity subtle expressions of happiness, surprise, and disgust. However, older adults were worse at recognizing all intensities of sadness, anger, and fear, with the greatest impairment at 50% intensity. Observed age differences were not influenced by covarying general facial processing skills, but were substantially reduced when a measure of general cognitive functioning was covaried. The current study suggests that age differences in identifying facial expressions of emotion are not caused by decreasing visual perceptual abilities, but may partially overlap with general cognitive changes.