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The Effect of Surgical Masks on the Featural and Configural Processing of Emotions.
Maiorana, Natale; Dini, Michelangelo; Poletti, Barbara; Tagini, Sofia; Rita Reitano, Maria; Pravettoni, Gabriella; Priori, Alberto; Ferrucci, Roberta.
  • Maiorana N; Aldo Ravelli Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, Department of Health Science, University of Milan, Via A. di Rudinì, 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.
  • Dini M; Aldo Ravelli Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, Department of Health Science, University of Milan, Via A. di Rudinì, 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.
  • Poletti B; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piazzale Brescia, 20, 20149 Milan, Italy.
  • Tagini S; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piazzale Brescia, 20, 20149 Milan, Italy.
  • Rita Reitano M; ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo University Hospital, Via A. di Rudinì, 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.
  • Pravettoni G; Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122 Milan, Italy.
  • Priori A; Psycho-Oncology Division, IRCCS-Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Via G. Ripamonti, 435, 20141 Milan, Italy.
  • Ferrucci R; Aldo Ravelli Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, Department of Health Science, University of Milan, Via A. di Rudinì, 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health ; 19(4)2022 Feb 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1703951
ABSTRACT
From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of surgical masks became widespread. However, they occlude an important part of the face and make it difficult to decode and interpret other people's emotions. To clarify the effect of surgical masks on configural and featural processing, participants completed a facial emotion recognition task to discriminate between happy, sad, angry, and neutral faces. Stimuli included fully visible faces, masked faces, and a cropped photo of the eyes or mouth region. Occlusion due to the surgical mask affects emotion recognition for sadness, anger, and neutral faces, although no significative differences were found in happiness recognition. Our findings suggest that happiness is recognized predominantly via featural processing.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Masks Type of study: Experimental Studies Limits: Humans Language: English Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ijerph19042420

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Masks Type of study: Experimental Studies Limits: Humans Language: English Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ijerph19042420