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Table_1_Adolescent Basic Facial Emotion Recognition Is Not Influenced by Puberty or Own-Age Bias.docx (48.49 kB)

Table_1_Adolescent Basic Facial Emotion Recognition Is Not Influenced by Puberty or Own-Age Bias.docx

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posted on 2018-06-21, 12:42 authored by Nora C. Vetter, Mandy Drauschke, Juliane Thieme, Mareike Altgassen

Basic facial emotion recognition is suggested to be negatively affected by puberty onset reflected in a “pubertal dip” in performance compared to pre- or post-puberty. However, findings remain inconclusive. Further, research points to an own-age bias, i.e., a superior emotion recognition for peer faces. We explored adolescents’ ability to recognize specific emotions. Ninety-five children and adolescents, aged 8–17 years, judged whether the emotions displayed by adolescent or adult faces were angry, sad, neutral, or happy. We assessed participants a priori by pubertal status while controlling for age. Results indicated no “pubertal dip”, but decreasing reaction times across adolescence. No own-age bias was found. Taken together, basic facial emotion recognition does not seem to be disrupted during puberty as compared to pre- and post-puberty.

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