Exploring emotional expression recognition in aging adults using the Moving Window Technique.

ABSTRACT: Adult aging is associated with difficulties in recognizing negative facial expressions such as fear and anger. However, happiness and disgust recognition is generally found to be less affected. Eye-tracking studies indicate that the diagnostic features of fearful and angry faces are situated in the upper regions of the face (the eyes), and for happy and disgusted faces in the lower regions (nose and mouth). These studies also indicate age-differences in visual scanning behavior, suggesting a role for attention in emotion recognition deficits in older adults. However, because facial features can be processed extrafoveally, and expression recognition occurs rapidly, eye-tracking has been questioned as a measure of attention during emotion recognition. In this study, the Moving Window Techniq

SUBMITTER: Birmingham E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193651 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature