Are facial emotion recognition tasks adequate for assessing social cognition in older people? A review of the literature

Ferreira, Bianca Letícia Cavalmoretti; Fabrício, Daiene de Morais; Chagas, Marcos Hortes Nisihara

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2020.104277

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“…Using a keyboard/computer might also have exacerbated functional (e.g., degradation in motor skills, poorer eyesight) and cognitive impairments (e.g., decline working memory or cognitive control abilities), and performance might have been affected by more negative attitudes towards technology more typical in older people (Sonderegger et al, 2016). Finally, the data set used in our task did not vary in terms of age of stimuli/actors; previous research found higher accuracy when using same aged stimuli in younger and older adults (Ferreira et al, 2021). As such, the age of the experimental stimuli might reduce the impact of the participant's age on performance.…”

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Recognition of masked and unmasked facial expressions in males and females and relations with mental wellness

Huc,

Bush,

Atias

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundWhile the effects of mask wearing/facial occlusion are known to impair facial expression recognition, little is known about the role of mental wellness on facial expression recognition, as well as the influence of sex on misattribution errors (i.e., confusions between emotions). In this large study, we aimed to address the relation between facial expression recognition and loneliness, perceived stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms in male and female adults.MethodsWe assessed the influence of mask-wearing on facial expression recognition [i.e., accuracy and response time (RT)] via an online study in N = 469 adult males and females across Canada.ResultsExpectedly, recognition was impaired under masked conditions (i.e., lower accuracy, longer RTs, more misattribution errors). Females were faster and more accurate than males, with less misattribution errors. A novel finding was that people with higher perceived stress were less accurate at identifying masked fearful faces. Perceived stress influenced the relation between sex and RT to masked happy faces; males with high stress scores were slower to recognize masked happy faces, the opposite was true for females. Finally, this study was among the first to show that higher loneliness predicted shorter RT to unmasked faces.ImpactOur results show that facial expression recognition is impaired by mask-wearing, and that sex and mental health features are important predictors of performance. Such insight could be detrimental in certain sectors of the population (e.g., health care or education), and inform policies being adopted in future pandemics.

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Recognition of masked and unmasked facial expressions in males and females and relations with mental wellness

Huc,

Bush,

Atias

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…Several stimuli databases for facial expressions of emotions were developed in order to be used in specific populations and cultures 72 . Cultural issues must be taken into account when understanding these emotional expressions, as they can exert an influence on their recognition 73 .…”

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Construction of face databases for tasks to recognize facial expressions of basic emotions: a systematic review

Fabrício

Ferreira

Maximiano-Barreto

et al. 2022

Dement. neuropsychol.

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ABSTRACT. Recognizing the other's emotions is an important skill for the social context that can be modulated by variables such as gender, age, and race. A number of studies seek to elaborate specific face databases to assess the recognition of basic emotions in different contexts. Objectives: This systematic review sought to gather these studies, describing and comparing the methodologies used in their elaboration. Methods: The databases used to select the articles were the following: PubMed, Web of Science, PsycInfo, and Scopus. The following word crossing was used: “Facial expression database OR Stimulus set AND development OR Validation.” Results: A total of 36 articles showed that most of the studies used actors to express the emotions that were elicited from specific situations to generate the most spontaneous emotion possible. The databases were mainly composed of colorful and static stimuli. In addition, most of the studies sought to establish and describe patterns to record the stimuli, such as color of the garments used and background. The psychometric properties of the databases are also described. Conclusions: The data presented in this review point to the methodological heterogeneity among the studies. Nevertheless, we describe their patterns, contributing to the planning of new research studies that seek to create databases for new contexts.

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“…Aging complicates SC functions [34,147,148]. Despite the general belief that complex rather than basic emotions (joy, sadness, anger, surprise, anxiety, and disgust/disgust) are affected by aging [146], a recent meta-analysis of studies in healthy elderly patients demonstrated a reduced and differential ability to recognize both positive and negative basic emotions, with fewer deficits in emotion recognition for happiness and more deficits in fear recognition (in ascending order happiness, disgust, anger, sadness, surprise, and fear) [149]. This finding is important because the recognition of basic emotions is dictated by different neurocognitive functions [150].…”

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Neurocognitive Impairment and Social Cognition in Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Doskas,

Vadikolias,

Ntoskas

et al. 2024

Neurology International

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In addition to motor symptoms, neurocognitive impairment (NCI) affects patients with prodromal Parkinson’s disease (PD). NCI in PD ranges from subjective cognitive complaints to dementia. The purpose of this review is to present the available evidence of NCI in PD and highlight the heterogeneity of NCI phenotypes as well as the range of factors that contribute to NCI onset and progression. A review of publications related to NCI in PD up to March 2023 was performed using PubMed/Medline. There is an interconnection between the neurocognitive and motor symptoms of the disease, suggesting a common underlying pathophysiology as well as an interconnection between NCI and non-motor symptoms, such as mood disorders, which may contribute to confounding NCI. Motor and non-motor symptom evaluation could be used prognostically for NCI onset and progression in combination with imaging, laboratory, and genetic data. Additionally, the implications of NCI on the social cognition of afflicted patients warrant its prompt management. The etiology of NCI onset and its progression in PD is multifactorial and its effects are equally grave as the motor effects. This review highlights the importance of the prompt identification of subjective cognitive complaints in PD patients and NCI management.

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Are facial emotion recognition tasks adequate for assessing social cognition in older people? A review of the literature

Cited by 13 publications

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Recognition of masked and unmasked facial expressions in males and females and relations with mental wellness

Recognition of masked and unmasked facial expressions in males and females and relations with mental wellness

Construction of face databases for tasks to recognize facial expressions of basic emotions: a systematic review

Neurocognitive Impairment and Social Cognition in Parkinson’s Disease Patients

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