'The mirror of the soul?' Inferring sadness in the eyes.
Basic emotions
COVID-19
Face covering
Poser gender
Reading emotions in the eyes
Sadness
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Aug 2024
29 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
14
06
2024
accepted:
22
07
2024
medline:
31
8
2024
pubmed:
31
8
2024
entrez:
29
8
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The eyes are widely regarded as the mirror of the soul, providing reliable nonverbal information about drives, feelings, and intentions of others. However, it is unclear how accurate emotion recognition is when only the eyes are visible and whether inferring of emotions is altered across healthy adulthood. To fill this gap, the present piece of research was directed at comparing the ability to infer basic emotions in two groups of typically developing females that differed in age. We set a focus on females seeking group homogeneity. In a face-to-face study, in a two-alternative forced choice paradigm (2AFC), participants had to indicate emotions for faces covered by masks. The outcome reveals that although the recognition pattern is similar in both groups, inferring sadness in the eyes substantially improves with age. Inference of sadness is not only more accurate and less variable in older participants, but also positively correlates with age from early through mid-adulthood. Moreover, reading sadness (and anger) is more challenging in the eyes of male posers. A possible impact of poser gender and cultural background, both in expressing and inferring sadness in the eyes, is highlighted.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39209934
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-68178-0
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-68178-0
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ID : PA847/25-3; PA847/25-1,2
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ID : PA847/22-1,3; FA331/31-1,2FA
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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