Face Masks Impair Basic Emotion Recognition
Group Effects and Individual Variability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5338968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah D Mccrackin (0000-0002-3216-3600, McGill University), Francesca Capozzi (0000-0002-0062-437X, McGill University), Florence Mayrand (0000-0001-9527-1046, McGill University), Jelena Ristic (0000-0002-6046-9682, McGill University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 4-15 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590 |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000470 |
| OpenAlex | W4213068685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 67 |
With the widespread adoption of masks, there is a need for understanding how facial obstruction affects emotion recognition. We asked 120 participants to identify emotions from faces with and without masks. We also examined if recognition performance was related to autistic traits and personality. Masks impacted recognition of expressions with diagnostic lower face features the most and those with diagnostic upper face features the least. Persons with higher autistic traits were worse at identifying unmasked expressions, while persons with lower extraversion and higher agreeableness were better at recognizing masked expressions. These results show that different features play different roles in emotion recognition and suggest that obscuring features affects social communication differently as a function of autistic traits and personality
Agreeableness · Big Five personality traits · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Emotion recognition · Extraversion and introversion · Face (sociological concept) · Face perception · Facial expression · Facial recognition system · Pattern recognition (psychology) · Perception · Personality · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Communication · Face Recognition and Perception · Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 3,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |