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  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Facial affect recognition is crucial for social interaction and is linked to neuropsychological status and psychiatric conditions.
  • Understanding the interplay between psychological status and emotion perception is vital for mental health research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between psychological status and the recognition of facial affects.
  • To explore how individual psychological states influence the perception of specific emotions like anger, fear, and sadness.

Main Methods:

  • 100 healthy individuals rated 80 facial affect images (Neutral, Angry, Fear, Sad) on a 10-point Likert scale.
  • Participants completed psychological scales assessing emotional states and cognitive functions.

Main Results:

  • Psychological states such as aggression, attention, and impulsivity were associated with the interpretation of facial expressions.
  • Angry expressions were often misread as Fear, and Fear expressions were perceived as Angry or Sad.
  • Attention and impulsivity correlated with the rating of Sad facial expressions, which were also misidentified as Angry or Fear.

Conclusions:

  • Participant psychological statuses significantly correlated with their interpretation of facial affects.
  • Attention, in particular, was frequently linked to inaccurate affect ratings.
  • Attention and impulsivity were identified as factors influencing the perception of sad facial expressions.