Adolescent Basic Facial Emotion Recognition Is Not Influenced by Puberty or Own-Age Bias

Frontiers in Psychology

Nora C. Vetter¹ 

关键词: adolescence;    puberty;    emotion;    pubertal dip;    own-age bias;    development;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00956

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Basic facial emotion recognition is suggested to be negatively affected by puberty onset reflected in a “pubertal dip” in performance compared to pre- or post-puberty. However, findings remain inconclusive. Further, research points to an own-age bias, i.e., a superior emotion recognition for peer faces. We explored adolescents’ ability to recognize specific emotions. Ninety-five children and adolescents, aged 8–17 years, judged whether the emotions displayed by adolescent or adult faces were angry, sad, neutral, or happy. We assessed participants a priori by pubertal status while controlling for age. Results indicated no “pubertal dip”, but decreasing reaction times across adolescence. No own-age bias was found. Taken together, basic facial emotion recognition does not seem to be disrupted during puberty as compared to pre- and post-puberty.

【 授权许可】

CC BY