Adult Age Differences in Evoked Emotional Responses to Dynamic Facial Expressions.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Facial expressions are powerful social signals that motivate feelings and actions in the observer. Research on face processing has overwhelmingly used static facial images, which have limited ecological validity. Previous research on the age-related positivity effect and age differences in social motivation suggest that older adults might experience different evoked emotional responses to facial expressions than younger adults. Here, we introduce a new method to explore age-related differences in evoked responses to dynamic facial expressions across adulthood.

Methods

We used dynamic facial expressions which varied by expression type (happy, sad, and angry) and expression magnitude (low, medium, and full) to gather participant ratings on their evoked emotional res

SUBMITTER: Abiodun SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11058419 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature