Effects of aging on emotion recognition from dynamic multimodal expressions and vocalizations.

ABSTRACT: Age-related differences in emotion recognition have predominantly been investigated using static pictures of facial expressions, and positive emotions beyond happiness have rarely been included. The current study instead used dynamic facial and vocal stimuli, and included a wider than usual range of positive emotions. In Task 1, younger and older adults were tested for their abilities to recognize 12 emotions from brief video recordings presented in visual, auditory, and multimodal blocks. Task 2 assessed recognition of 18 emotions conveyed by non-linguistic vocalizations (e.g., laughter, sobs, and sighs). Results from both tasks showed that younger adults had significantly higher overall recognition rates than older adults. In Task 1, significant group differences (younger > older) were o

SUBMITTER: Cortes DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7846600 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature