Developmental Changes in the Primacy of Facial Cues for Emotion Recognition
Developmental Changes in the Primacy of Facial Cues for Emotion Recognition
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DOI：
10.1037/a0040067
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发表时间：
2016-04-01
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4
通讯作者：
Pollak, Seth D.
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作者：
Leitzke, Brian T.;Pollak, Seth D.
长期以来，人们对面孔相对于情境信息对个体如何处理和判断面部表情的影响存在着不同的看法。然而，个人如何使用这些信息的发展变化在很大程度上仍然没有探索，并可能在试图调和这些对立的观点提供信息。目前的研究测试了与年龄相关的差异，即在做出情绪判断时，个人如何优先考虑情绪化的面孔和背景。为了做到这一点，我们要求4岁、8岁和12岁的儿童以及大学生对面部表情进行分类，这些表情与面部表情一致或不一致的场景。在此期间，我们通过眼动追踪记录了参与者的凝视模式。大学生将他们的视觉注意力主要集中在面部，而不考虑上下文信息。然而，儿童根据情境的效价，将他们的注意力分散在面孔和情境之间，作为情感信息的来源。这些发现揭示了个体如何处理和整合情感线索的发展转变。
There have been long-standing differences of opinion regarding the influence of the face relative to that of contextual information on how individuals process and judge facial expressions of emotion. However, developmental changes in how individuals use such information have remained largely unexplored and could be informative in attempting to reconcile these opposing views. The current study tested for age-related differences in how individuals prioritize viewing emotional faces versus contexts when making emotion judgments. To do so, we asked 4-, 8-, and 12-year-old children as well as college students to categorize facial expressions of emotion that were presented with scenes that were either congruent or incongruent with the facial displays. During this time, we recorded participants' gaze patterns via eye tracking. College students directed their visual attention primarily to the face, regardless of contextual information. Children, however, divided their attention between both the face and the context as sources of emotional information depending on the valence of the context. These findings reveal a developmental shift in how individuals process and integrate emotional cues.