Parada-Fernández, Pamela and Herrero-Fernández, David and Jorge, Richard and Comesaña-Comesaña, Patricia pamela.parada@uneatlantico.es, david.herrero@uneatlantico.es, richard.jorge@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED (2022) Wearing mask hinders emotion recognition, but enhances perception of attractiveness. Personality and Individual Differences, 184. p. 111195. ISSN 01918869
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The current global pandemic situation due to the Covid-19 has implied several consequences at all psychological levels. One of the main differences with respect to the pre-pandemic life in most of countries around the world is the obligation to wear a mask for citizens. This new habit could have several issues for human relationships. The current research aimed to explore the effect of wearing a mask on both emotion recognition and perception of attractiveness. Two hundred and two participants completed a task consisting of 24 face images presented twice, with and without mask. Of them, there were six images for emotion: anger, sadness, fear, and happiness. The results showed that emotion recognition was worse when wearing a face mask except for surprise: happiness, η2 = 0.84; anger, η2 = 0.74; anger, η2 = 52. Moreover, wearing a mask enhanced the perception of attractiveness both in male and female in all emotions except for happiness: sadness, η2 = 0.22; surprise, η2 = 0.05, and anger, η2 = 0.03. Finally, social implications and limitations of the study are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Covid-19; Mask; Emotion recognition; Attractiveness |
| Subjects: | Subjects > Psychology |
| Divisions: | Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production |
| Depositing User: | Sr Bibliotecario |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2022 12:07 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2023 08:33 |
| URI: | http://repositorio.funiber.org/id/eprint/625 |
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