Interpretation of emotionally ambiguous faces in older adults
Interpretation of emotionally ambiguous faces in older adults
Research suggests that there is an age-related decline in the processing of negative emotional information, which
may contribute to the reported decline in emotional problems in older people. We used a signal detection
approach to investigate the effect of normal aging on the interpretation of ambiguous emotional facial expressions.
High-functioning older and younger adults indicated which emotion they perceived when presented with morphed
faces containing a 60% to 40% blend of two emotions (mixtures of happy, sad, or angry faces). They also
completed measures of mood, perceptual ability, and cognitive functioning. Older and younger adults did not
differ significantly in their ability to discriminate between positive and negative emotions. Response-bias
measures indicated that older adults were significantly less likely than younger adults to report the presence of
anger in angry-–happy face blends. Results are discussed in relation to other research into age-related effects on
emotion processing.
Emotion recognition, Ageing, Facial emotion
337-343
Bucks, R.S.
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Garner, M.
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Tarrant, L.
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Bradley, B.P.
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November 2008
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Tarrant, L.
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Bucks, R.S., Garner, M., Tarrant, L., Bradley, B.P. and Mogg, K.
(2008)
Interpretation of emotionally ambiguous faces in older adults.
The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 63B (6), .
Abstract
Research suggests that there is an age-related decline in the processing of negative emotional information, which
may contribute to the reported decline in emotional problems in older people. We used a signal detection
approach to investigate the effect of normal aging on the interpretation of ambiguous emotional facial expressions.
High-functioning older and younger adults indicated which emotion they perceived when presented with morphed
faces containing a 60% to 40% blend of two emotions (mixtures of happy, sad, or angry faces). They also
completed measures of mood, perceptual ability, and cognitive functioning. Older and younger adults did not
differ significantly in their ability to discriminate between positive and negative emotions. Response-bias
measures indicated that older adults were significantly less likely than younger adults to report the presence of
anger in angry-–happy face blends. Results are discussed in relation to other research into age-related effects on
emotion processing.
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Published date: November 2008
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Emotion recognition, Ageing, Facial emotion
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