The Korean Journal of Human Development

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Facial Expression Recognition and Aging

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김영경
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pp. 19~34 / 2014 Vol.21 No.1
e-ISSN2982-6845
p-ISSN1226-4474
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Abstract

The present study investigated changes in aging through facial expression recognition. 79 younger adults(M = 21.71, SD = 2.40) and 81 older adults (M = 72.54, SD = 4.97) assessed facial expression stimuliwith six basic emotions, including happiness, fear, anger, disgust, sadness, and surprise. The participantswere also tested on their processing speed, crystallized intelligence, and fluid intelligence. The older adults'performances were lower than those of the younger adults in all six emotions and the patterns of correctrecognition rate for each emotion were similar in both younger and older adults. The decreasedperformances for the recognition of facial expressions were related to the decline of cognitive abilities andcrystallized intelligence was a significant predictor. These findings support the idea that the decrease ofcognitive abilities by normal aging affects the deficits of facial expression recognition and suggest thatolder adults may have difficulties in social interaction due to declining emotion recognition ability.

Keywords

얼굴표정 정서인식능력 기본정서 인지기능 노화 facial expression recognition basic emotions cognitive abilities aging

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