Decline in Emotional Face Recognition Among Elderly People May Reflect Mild Cognitive Impairment

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ryuta Ochi¹  Akira Midorikawa² 

[1] Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Chuo University;Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University

关键词: emotional face recognition;    elderly people;    cognitive function;    depression;    multiple regression analyses;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.664367

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background As with cognitive function, the ability to recognize emotions changes with age. In the literature regarding the relationship between recognition of emotion and cognitive function during aging, the effects of predictors such as aging, emotional state, and cognitive domains on emotion recognition are unclear. This study was performed to clarify the cognitive functions underlying recognition of emotional facial expressions, and to evaluate the effects of depressive mood on recognition of emotion in elderly subjects, as well as to reproduce the effects of aging on the recognition of emotional facial expressions.

【 授权许可】

CC BY