The Effect of Face Masks and Sunglasses on Emotion Perception over Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic

IF 1.2 3区 心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Xia Fang, Kerry Kawakami
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, face masks have become a common experience for many people to reduce the spread of the disease. Although recent research has shown that face masks impair emotion recognition, it is unclear how this impairment differs from other familiar types of face covering, such as sunglasses. In the present study, participants identified expressions and rated their confidence in this assessment of six affective expressions (anger, disgust, fear, surprise, sadness, and happiness) on faces wearing masks or sunglasses at four different time points during the pandemic (June 2020, March 2021, September 2021, June 2022). They also provided judgements of emotion intensity and genuineness. Overall, emotion identification of faces with masks was less accurate and had lower ratings of confidence and emotion intensity than faces with sunglasses. Faces with sunglasses, alternatively, were rated as less genuine than faces with masks. Furthermore, this pattern for both masks and sunglasses remained stable across two years of the pandemic. This study provides new insights on the differential effects of face masks and sunglasses on emotion perception and highlights the importance of face coverings for emotion communication and social interactions.

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在 COVID-19 大流行的两年中,口罩和太阳镜对情绪感知的影响
自 2020 年初 COVID-19 大流行以来,为减少疾病传播,戴口罩已成为许多人的共同经历。虽然最近的研究表明,口罩会影响情绪识别,但目前还不清楚这种影响与太阳镜等其他熟悉的面部遮挡类型有何不同。在本研究中,参与者在大流行期间的四个不同时间点(2020 年 6 月、2021 年 3 月、2021 年 9 月和 2022 年 6 月)对戴着口罩或太阳镜的人脸的六种情感表情(愤怒、厌恶、恐惧、惊讶、悲伤和快乐)进行了识别,并对他们在这种评估中的信心进行了评分。他们还提供了对情绪强度和真实性的判断。总体而言,与戴太阳镜的面孔相比,戴面具的面孔的情绪识别准确度较低,其自信度和情绪强度也较低。戴太阳镜的面孔则比戴面具的面孔更不真实。此外,面具和太阳镜的这种模式在大流行的两年中保持稳定。这项研究就面具和太阳镜对情绪感知的不同影响提供了新的见解,并强调了面部遮挡对于情绪交流和社会互动的重要性。
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Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
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4.80
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期刊介绍: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior presents peer-reviewed original theoretical and empirical research on all major areas of nonverbal behavior. Specific topics include paralanguage, proxemics, facial expressions, eye contact, face-to-face interaction, and nonverbal emotional expression, as well as other subjects which contribute to the scientific understanding of nonverbal processes and behavior.
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