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  • Emotions are processed via distinct cortical (high spatial frequency, HSF) and subcortical (low spatial frequency, LSF) routes.
  • The impact of aging on these dual emotional processing pathways is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related changes in the functioning of cortical and subcortical emotional processing routes.
  • To examine how spatial frequency influences emotion recognition in younger and older adults.

Main Methods:

  • A go/no-go task was administered to 112 younger and 111 older adults.
  • Facial stimuli (happy, angry, neutral) were presented unfiltered, filtered for HSF or LSF, and as hybrids.
  • Stimuli were also presented upside-down to assess global face analysis.

Main Results:

  • Younger adults generally outperformed older adults, except for hybrid stimuli.
  • The face-inversion effect was observed in both age groups, indicating intact global face processing.
  • No specific deficits were found in either the HSF (cortical) or LSF (subcortical) processing routes.

Conclusions:

  • Aging leads to a general decline in perceptual skills.
  • Despite overall decline, the distinct cortical and subcortical pathways for emotional processing remain functionally intact in older adults.