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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Face masks are essential for public health but may impede facial emotion recognition.
  • The impact of masks on emotion recognition and neural processing, particularly in children and parents, requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of face masks on facial emotion recognition and associated neural processing in diverse age groups.
  • To examine how masked versus unmasked emotional faces (fear, sadness, anger) affect behavioral accuracy and brain activation.

Main Methods:

  • Developed and administered the Masked Affective and Social Cognition task to college students, children, and fathers.
  • Utilized neuroimaging (fMRI) for a subset of participants to examine brain activity during the task.
  • Collected behavioral data on emotion recognition accuracy and neural data on brain activation patterns.

Main Results:

  • Participants showed reduced accuracy in recognizing emotions from masked faces, with a significant decrease for sad expressions.
  • Masked faces led to increased activation in the posterior cingulate, insula, and fusiform gyrus.
  • Sad, masked faces specifically engaged the anterior insula and inferior frontal gyrus, with findings consistent across age groups.

Conclusions:

  • Face masks impair facial emotion recognition and alter neural processing, with significant implications for social cognition and empathy.
  • Findings highlight the challenges masks pose to socioemotional development and interaction.
  • Mask-induced neural changes were linked to stress and depression in fathers, suggesting broader psychological impacts.