Sensitivity to Emotion Intensity and Recognition of Emotion Expression in Neurotypical Children.

ABSTRACT: This study assessed two components of face emotion processing: emotion recognition and sensitivity to intensity of emotion expressions and their relation in children age 4 to 12 (N = 216). Results indicated a slower development in the accurate decoding of low intensity expressions compared to high intensity. Between age 4 and 12, children discriminated high intensity expressions better than low ones. The intensity of expression had a stronger impact on overall face expression recognition. High intensity happiness was better recognized than low intensity up to age 11, while children 4 to 12 had difficulties discriminating between high and low intensity sadness. Our results suggest that sensitivity to low intensity expressions acts as a complementary mediator between age and emotion expressi

SUBMITTER: Barisnikov K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8700579 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature