Age Deficits in Facial Affect Recognition: The Influence of Dynamic Cues
Age Deficits in Facial Affect Recognition: The Influence of Dynamic Cues
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbv100
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发表时间：
2017-07-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Allen, Roy
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作者：
Grainger, Sarah A.;Henry, Julie D.;Allen, Roy
老年人很难识别大多数面部表情的情绪。然而，大多数衰老研究都呈现了强烈表情的静态照片，而在日常经验中，人们看到的是情绪的发展和变化。本研究旨在评估当使用更多生态有效（即动态）刺激时，与年龄相关的情绪识别困难是否会减少。我们在两项独立的研究中检查了刺激格式（即静态与动态）对面部情感识别的影响，其中包括独立样本和不同的刺激集。除了年轻和年长的参与者之外，研究 1 中还包括了中年组，研究 2 中还评估了眼睛注视模式。在这两项研究中，老年人在面部情感识别方面的表现比年轻人差。在研究 1 中，老年人和中年人从动态刺激中受益，但前提是情绪表现很微妙。相对于老年人，年轻人更多地注视面部的眼部区域（研究 2），但动态呈现仅增加了年轻人对眼部区域的关注。 总之，这些研究为老年人可能在感知面部情绪方面遇到困难的特定情况提供了重要且新颖的见解。
Older adults have difficulties in identifying most facial expressions of emotion. However, most aging studies have presented static photographs of intense expressions, whereas in everyday experience people see emotions that develop and change. The present study was designed to assess whether age-related difficulties with emotion recognition are reduced when more ecologically valid (i.e., dynamic) stimuli are used.We examined the effect of stimuli format (i.e., static vs. dynamic) on facial affect recognition in two separate studies that included independent samples and distinct stimuli sets. In addition to younger and older participants, a middle-aged group was included in Study 1 and eye gaze patterns were assessed in Study 2.Across both studies, older adults performed worse than younger adults on measures of facial affect recognition. In Study 1, older and-middle aged adults benefited from dynamic stimuli, but only when the emotional displays were subtle. Younger adults gazed more at the eye region of the face relative to older adults (Study 2), but dynamic presentation increased attention towards the eye region for younger adults only.Together, these studies provide important and novel insights into the specific circumstances in which older adults may be expected to experience difficulties in perceiving facial emotions.