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  • Psychology
  • Endocrinology

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  • Emotion recognition is vital for social communication.
  • Factors influencing emotion recognition accuracy in males are not well understood.
  • Hormonal influences, specifically testosterone and cortisol, are potential moderators.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate factors affecting emotion recognition accuracy in males.
  • To examine the impact of stimulus modality (voice, face, audio-visual) on accuracy.
  • To explore the association of baseline testosterone and cortisol levels with emotion recognition performance.

Main Methods:

  • 282 males participated in the study.
  • Participants categorized nonverbal emotional content from voice, face, and audio-visual stimuli.
  • Accuracy and reaction times were recorded; hormone levels (testosterone, cortisol) were measured.

Main Results:

  • Audio-visual stimuli significantly improved emotion recognition accuracy compared to unimodal stimuli.
  • Testosterone showed a potential positive association with recognition accuracy.
  • Cortisol was linked to reaction time, and a significant, though small, interaction effect between testosterone and cortisol was observed for accuracy and reaction time.

Conclusions:

  • Congruent audio-visual stimuli enhance emotion recognition in males.
  • The interaction between testosterone and cortisol influences males' accuracy and response times in emotion recognition tasks.
  • This study provides novel insights into the neuroendocrine underpinnings of male socio-emotional processing.