The Impact of Face Masks on the Emotional Reading Abilities of Children-A Lesson From a Joint School-University Project.

ABSTRACT: Wearing face masks has become a usual practice in acute infection events inducing the problem of misinterpreting the emotions of others. Empirical evidence about face masks mainly relies on adult data, neglecting, for example, school kids who firmly are dependent on effective nonverbal communication. Here we offer insights from a joint school-university project. Data indicate that emotional reading of 9 to 10 years old pupils (N = 57) was similarly impaired as adults on an overall performance level, but that their selective performance on specific emotions was quite different. Kids showed extreme problems in reading the emotion disgust, strong effects on fear and sadness, and only mild effects on happiness, but also even better performances for emotional states anger and neutral whe

SUBMITTER: Carbon CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8383324 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature