The impact of COVID‐19 concerns on perceiving others' faces
Ana C. Magalhães,
Josefa N. S. Pandeirada,
Sandra C. Soares
Abstract:Unlike most infectious diseases, COVID‐19 is characterised by an absence of facial disease‐signalling cues. Yet, it is still unclear whether it has influenced face perception. Understanding this may help clarify if and how our motivation toward social interactions is conditional on situational pathogen threats. The present study investigated if priming disease concerns about COVID‐19 would change people's perception of neutral faces on perceived disease, social discomfort and arousal elicited by such faces; th… Show more
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