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Recognition of facial expressions of emotions in school-age children: the intersection of perceptual and semantic

S Vicari¹, J S Reilly, P Pasqualetti

¹Servizio di Neurologia e Riabilitazione, IRCCS, Ospedale Bambino Gesi, Italy. vicari@opbg.net

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Area of Science:

Developmental psychology
Cognitive science
Neuroscience

Background:

Facial expression recognition is crucial for communication from infancy through adulthood.
Previous developmental studies on emotion recognition yielded conflicting results.
Understanding emotion cognition development in children is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the developmental trajectory of emotional facial recognition in school-aged children (ages 5-10).
To compare the development of emotion categories based on visual-spatial cues versus those involving lexical knowledge of emotion terms.
To identify distinct developmental patterns in emotion recognition.

Main Methods:

Study included a large sample of 120 school-aged children (ages 5-10).
Assessed recognition of facial expressions of emotions.
Examined emotion categorization based on visual-spatial parameters and lexical knowledge.

Main Results:

Identified two distinct developmental patterns in emotional facial recognition.
These patterns suggest differential recruitment of cognitive abilities.
Developmental profiles vary based on the type of emotion category assessed.

Conclusions:

Emotion cognition is multifaceted and develops differently based on cognitive skills.
Visuo-spatial abilities and lexical semantic abilities show differential relationships with emotion cognition.
Distinct cognitive mechanisms underlie different aspects of emotion recognition development.