Introducing a Face Sort Paradigm to Evaluate Age Differences in Emotion Perception.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous research has uncovered age-related differences in emotion perception. To date, studies have relied heavily on forced-choice methods that stipulate possible responses. These constrained methods limit discovery of variation in emotion perception, which may be due to subtle differences in underlying concepts for emotion.

Method

We employed a face sort paradigm in which young (N = 42) and older adult (N = 43) participants were given 120 photographs portraying six target emotions (anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and neutral) and were instructed to create and label piles, such that individuals in each pile were feeling the same way.

Results

There were no age differences in number of piles created, nor in how well labels mapped onto the target e

SUBMITTER: Hoemann K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature