ArticlePersonality and individual differences2022
Wearing mask hinders emotion recognition, but enhances perception of attractiveness.
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- Face Mask Reduces the Effect of Proposer's (Un)Trustworthiness on Intertemporal and Risky Choices.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Effects of Separate Facial Areas on Emotion Recognition in Different Adult Age Groups: A Laboratory and a Naturalistic Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Are Face Masks a Problem for Emotion Recognition? Not When the Whole Body Is Visible.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Wearing the face mask affects our social attention over space.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The current global pandemic situation due to the Covid-19 has implied several consequences at all psychological levels. One of the main differences with respect to the pre-pandemic life in most of countries around the world is the obligation to wear a mask for citizens. This new habit could have several issues for human relationships. The current research aimed to explore the effect of wearing a mask on both emotion recognition and perception of attractiveness. Two hundred and two participants completed a task consisting of 24 face images presented twice, with and without mask. Of them, there were six images for emotion: anger, sadness, fear, and happiness. The results showed that emotion recognition was worse when wearing a face mask except for surprise: happiness, η
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