ReviewTrends in neuroscience and education2020
Masked education? The benefits and burdens of wearing face masks in schools during the current Corona pandemic.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- [Impact of wearing face masks in public to prevent infectious diseases on the psychosocial development in children and adolescents: a systematic review].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of Wearing a Face Mask on Hand-to-Face Contact by Children in a Simulated School Environment: The Back-to-School COVID-19 Simulation Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA pediatrics · 2022Trial
- Trajectories of internalizing problems during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: The effects of sex and early life stress.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Risks and benefits of face masks in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Facemasks reduce face trustworthiness perceived by deaf individuals.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- To Mask or Not to Mask? Young Dual Language Learners' Mask Use Knowledge, Behavior, and Language Learning Outcomes.NABE journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Infection Control Measures in the Classroom During and in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multidimensional Analysis of Secondary Student Well-Being and Emotions.The Journal of school health · 2025Article
- Adolescent Sense of Coherence over a Four-Year Period and the Pandemic: Junior and Senior High School Students Enrolled Before and After the Pandemic Broke out in Japan.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- How facemasks shape trust in social interactions.PloS one · 2025Article
- Association of social vulnerability index and masking adherence among children enrolled in COVID-19 community research partnership study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Accuracy and Speed of Emotion Recognition With Face Masks.Europe's journal of psychology · 2024Article
- Impact of mask wearing time on fluid consumption and physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Masked emotions: does children's affective state influence emotion recognition?Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Face coverings increase apparent honesty and cooperativeness.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Drift-diffusion modeling reveals that masked faces are preconceived as unfriendly.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Disease-preventive behaviors and subjective well-being in the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Face masks influence emotion judgments of facial expressions: a drift-diffusion model.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- A novel DCNN-ELM hybrid framework for face mask detection.Intelligent systems with applications · 2023Article
- Emotion recognition in individuals wearing facemasks: a preliminary analysis of age-related differences.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Masking our emotions: Emotion recognition and perceived intensity differ by race and use of medical masks.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
Face masks can prevent the spread of the virus SARS-CoV-2, in particular as this spread can occur from people with no symptoms. However, covering the lower half of the face reduces the ability to communicate, interpret, and mimic the expressions of those with whom we interact. Positive emotions become less recognizable, and negative emotions are amplified. Emotional mimicry, contagion, and emotionality in general are reduced and (thereby) bonding between teachers and learners, group cohesion, and learning - of which emotions are a major driver. The benefits and burdens of face masks in schools should be seriously considered and made obvious and clear to teachers and students. The school's specific situation must also inform any decision regarding face mask use.
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