ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Wearing Face Masks Strongly Confuses Counterparts in Reading Emotions.
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Abstract
Wearing face masks is one of the essential means to prevent the transmission of certain respiratory diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although acceptance of such masks is increasing in the Western hemisphere, many people feel that social interaction is affected by wearing a mask. In the present experiment, we tested the impact of face masks on the readability of emotions. The participants (
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