Decline or improvement? Age-related differences in facial expression recognition
Decline or improvement? Age-related differences in facial expression recognition
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DOI：
10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.07.003
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Kawamura, Mitsuru
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作者：
Suzuki, Atsunobu;Hoshino, Takahiro;Kawamura, Mitsuru
我们研究了与年龄相关的面部表情识别差异与潜在的干扰变量，如一般认知能力（言语和视觉空间能力），面部识别能力，积极和消极情绪的经验。参与者包括34名老年人（年龄62-81岁）和34名年轻人（年龄18-25岁）健康的日本成年人。结果表明，不仅悲伤识别的年龄相关性下降，而且厌恶识别的年龄相关性改善。在其他变量中，视觉空间能力一般与面部表情识别中度相关，而负面情绪的体验与悲伤识别相关。因此，与年龄相关的悲伤识别能力下降在统计学上可以用与年龄相关的负面情绪体验减少来解释。另一方面，与年龄相关的厌恶识别的改善不能用干扰变量来解释，它反映了年轻参与者将厌恶误认为愤怒的倾向。可能的机制进行了讨论，在神经生物学和社会环境因素。(c)2006 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
We examined age-related differences in facial expression recognition in association with potentially interfering variables such as general cognitive ability (verbal and visuospatial abilities), face recognition ability, and the experiences of positive and negative emotions. Participants comprised 34 older (aged 62-81 years) and 34 younger (aged 18-25 years) healthy Japanese adults. The results showed not only age-related decline in sadness recognition but also age-related improvement in disgust recognition. Among other variables, visuospatial ability was moderately related to facial expression recognition in general, and the experience of negative emotions was related to sadness recognition. Consequently, age-related decline in sadness recognition was statistically explained by age-related decrease in the experience of negative emotions. On the other hand, age-related improvement in disgust recognition was not explained by the interfering variables, and it reflected a higher tendency in the younger participants to mistake disgust for anger. Possible mechanisms are discussed in terms of neurobiological and socio-environmental factors. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.