The Development of Ambiguity Processing Is Explained by an Inverted U-Shaped Curve.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the developmental trajectories for recognizing facial expressions is important for a better understanding of development of psychiatric disorders. In this study, we examined the recognition of emotional and neutral facial expressions in 93 typically developing adolescents and adults. The Emotion Intensity Rating task required participants to rate the intensity of emotional expression in happy, neutral, and sad faces on a scale from 1 to 9. A score of '5' had to be assigned to neutral faces, scores between '6' (slightly happy) and '9' (very happy) to happy faces, and scores between '4' (slightly sad) and '1' (very sad) to sad faces. Mixed effects models were used to examine the effects of age and emotion on recognition accuracy, reaction time (RT), and emotional intensity. Par

SUBMITTER: Manelis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429131 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature