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Effects of induced sad mood on facial emotion perception in young and older adults
- Source :
- Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 26:319-335
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2018.
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Abstract
- Older adults perceive less intense negative emotion in facial expressions compared to younger counterparts. Prior research has also demonstrated that mood alters facial emotion perception. Nevertheless, there is little evidence which evaluates the interactive effects of age and mood on emotion perception. This study investigated the effects of sad mood on younger and older adults' perception of emotional and neutral faces. Participants rated the intensity of stimuli while listening to sad music and in silence. Measures of mood were administered. Younger and older participants' rated sad faces as displaying stronger sadness when they experienced sad mood. While younger participants showed no influence of sad mood on happiness ratings of happy faces, older adults rated happy faces as conveying less happiness when they experienced sad mood. This study demonstrates how emotion perception can change when a controlled mood induction procedure is applied to alter mood in young and older participants.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Adolescent
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Emotions
Happiness
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
behavioral disciplines and activities
050105 experimental psychology
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Emotion perception
Perception
Sadness
mental disorders
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Active listening
Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
Facial expression
05 social sciences
Age Factors
Middle Aged
Facial Expression
Affect
Psychiatry and Mental health
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Mood
Social Perception
Mood induction
Female
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Psychology
psychological phenomena and processes
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17444128 and 13825585
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9169f1ff8ed48e3658f1424ce9987203