Recognition of facial expressions in children, young adults and elderly people

Leime, Jamila; Rique, Júlio; Alves, Simone; Torro-Alves, Nelson

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“…Previous research has shown that the recognition of facial expressions of emotion is more accurate with regard to happiness 5,2,4,19,20 . The emotion least accurately recognized varies among studies, but the most cited are fear 5,2,21 , sadness 19,20 , and anger 21 . Moreover, investigations have demonstrated that lower levels of intensity are more difficult to identify 2,19,22 .…”

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Living with the elderly is related to a better performance in the recognition of facial expressions of emotion among older individuals

Luchesi

Chagas

Brígola

et al. 2018

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo)

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Background: Cohabitation with the elderly may bring benefits to social relationships and exert an influence on the recognition of facial expressions of emotion. Objective: Compare emotion recognition skills between a cohabitation group (CHG) of older adults who live with a dependent elderly individual and a non-cohabitation group (NCHG) of older adults who do not live with an elderly individual. Methods: Interviews were conducted with 62 older adults in the CHG and 56 in the NCHG. The two groups were similar with regard to gender, age, schooling, degree of dependence, cognitive performance, and depressive symptoms. A dynamic task with six emotions (anger, disgust, happiness, surprise, sadness, and fear) and four levels of intensity was administered to evaluate the recognition of facial emotions. Results: The CHG performed better than the NCHG regarding the correct identification of emotions, specifically surprise (60%), disgust (60%, 80%, and 100%), fear (80%), and sadness (80% and 100%). Discussion: Cohabitation with an elderly individual seems to offer benefits to older adults in terms of recognizing facial expressions of emotion.

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Living with the elderly is related to a better performance in the recognition of facial expressions of emotion among older individuals

Luchesi

Chagas

Brígola

et al. 2018

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo)

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“…Older individuals have a better ability to distribute attentional resources to facial expressions in relation to contextual information (Leitzke and Pollak, 2016). Other studies have found that older people may have a lower hit rate on face recognition tasks compared to younger people because of agerelated cognitive impairment (Leime et al, 2013). Considering the results of cognitive impairment is age-related in the case of older people, in our study, our sample of insomniacs was composed of adult individuals who would not have their results influenced by age, so that impairment in EFs and impairment in facial emotions recognition were associated with insomnia.…”

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Facial Emotion Recognition and Executive Functions in Insomnia Disorder: An Exploratory Study

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Background: Clinical and experimental findings suggest that insomnia is associated with changes in emotional processing and impairments in cognitive functioning. In the present study, we investigate the relationship between facial emotion recognition and executive functioning among individuals with insomnia as well as healthy controls. Method: A total of 11 individuals (mean age 31.3 ± 9.4) diagnosed with insomnia disorder and 15 control participants (mean age 24.8 ± 4.6) took part in the study. Participants responded to a facial emotion recognition task which presented them with static and dynamic stimuli, and were evaluated with regard to cognition, sleep, and mood. Results: Compared to controls, we found that participants with insomnia performed worse in the recognition of the facial emotion of fear (p = 0.001;η 2 p = 0.549; β = 0.999) and had lower scores in tests of verbal comprehension and perceptual organization (104.00 vs. 115.00, U = 135.5; p = 0.004; Cohen's, 2013 d = 1.281). We also found a relationship between facial emotion recognition and performance in cognitive tests, such as those related to perceptual organization, cognitive flexibility, and working memory. Conclusion: Results suggest that participants with insomnia may present some impairment in executive functions as well as in the recognition of facial emotions with negative valences (fear and sadness).

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“…Sasson et al (2010) mostraram que variáveis, como sexo do participante e escolaridade, além da idade, podem afetar o reconhecimento de expressões faciais, contudo, alegria foi a única emoção em que não houve diferenças no reconhecimento dos idosos em comparação com indivíduos mais jovens. Na mesma direção, Leime et al (2013) avaliaram o reconhecimento de expressões estáticas de crianças, adultos jovens e de idosos, e encontraram que as crianças e idosos tiveram um desempenho mais baixo no reconhecimento em comparação com os adultos jovens. De forma semelhante, Horning, Cornwell e Davis (2012) destacam um pico de melhor desempenho na identificação das expressões faciais na meia idade, em comparação com a infância e a velhice.…”

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Reconhecimento de Emoções Faciais no Envelhecimento: Uma Revisão Sistemática

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Torro-Alves

2017

Univ Psychol

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RESUMONo processo de envelhecimento, alterações na percepção e na cognição podem gerar prejuízos no reconhecimento de emoções faciais. No presente trabalho, foi realizada uma revisão sistemática, de acordo com as diretrizes do PRISMA, de estudos recentes que avaliaram a percepção e o reconhecimento facial de emoções em idosos sem patologias. As bases eletrônicas de dados pesquisadas foram: MEDLINE, PsycoINFO e Web of Science, sendo selecionados 22 artigos publicados entre 2009 e 2016. De um modo geral, verificou-se que os idosos apresentaram um declínio no reconhecimento de emoções, principalmente para as emoções negativas. Tais resultados podem ser explicados tanto pela teoria estrutural, quanto pela teoria da seletividade socioemocional. Os resultados têm importantes implicações na medida em que sinalizam a relevância da avaliação cognitiva e do uso de estímulos mais ecológicos nas tarefas de reconhecimento emocional em idosos. Palavras-chaveExpressões faciais; Envelhecimento; Emoção. ABSTRACTIn the aging process, changes in perception and cognition may lead to losses in the recognition of facial emotions. In this study, we carried out, according to PRISMA guidelines, a systematic review of recent studies that evaluated the perception and facial emotion recognition in the elderly without pathologies. Searches occurred in the electronic databases: MEDLINE, PsycoINFO and Web of Science, being selected 22 articles published between 2009 and 2016. In general, we found that elderly show a decline in emotion recognition, mainly for negative emotions. These results can be explained by the structural theory as well as by theory of the socioemotional selectivity. The results have important implications inasmuch as they indicate the relevance of cognitive assessment and use of more ecological stimuli in emotion recognition tasks in elderly.

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Recognition of facial expressions in children, young adults and elderly people

Cited by 17 publications

References 19 publications

Living with the elderly is related to a better performance in the recognition of facial expressions of emotion among older individuals

Living with the elderly is related to a better performance in the recognition of facial expressions of emotion among older individuals

Facial Emotion Recognition and Executive Functions in Insomnia Disorder: An Exploratory Study

Reconhecimento de Emoções Faciais no Envelhecimento: Uma Revisão Sistemática

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