Effects of conflicting emotional cues on toddlers' emotion perception.

communication emotional development perceptual development

Journal

The British journal of developmental psychology
ISSN: 2044-835X
Titre abrégé: Br J Dev Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8308022

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Date de publication:
04 Jun 2024
Historique:
revised: 15 05 2024
received: 14 10 2023
accepted: 17 05 2024
medline: 5 6 2024
pubmed: 5 6 2024
entrez: 5 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The communication of emotion is dynamic and occurs across multiple channels, such as facial expression and tone of voice. When cues are in conflict, interpreting emotion can become challenging. Here, we examined the effects of incongruent emotional cues on toddlers' interpretation of emotions. We presented 33 children (22-26 months, M

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pubmed: 38837430
doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12501
doi:

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Journal Article

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eng

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Organisme : NIH HHS
Pays : United States

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© 2024 The Author(s). British Journal of Developmental Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society.

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Shannon M Brady (SM)

University of California, Riverside, California, USA.

Marissa Ogren (M)

Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

Scott P Johnson (SP)

University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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