How Pain-Related Facial Expressions Are Evaluated in Relation to Gender, Race, and Emotion.

ABSTRACT: Inequities in pain assessment are well-documented; however, the psychological mechanisms underlying such biases are poorly understood. We investigated potential perceptual biases in the judgments of faces displaying pain-related movements. Across five online studies, 956 adult participants viewed images of computer-generated faces ("targets") that varied in features related to race (Black and White) and gender (women and men). Target identity was manipulated across participants, and each target had equivalent facial movements that displayed varying intensities of movement in facial action-units related to pain (Studies 1-4) or pain and emotion (Study 5). On each trial, participants provided categorical judgments as to whether a target was in pain (Studies 1-4) or which expression the targe

SUBMITTER: Dildine TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982800 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature