@article{uneatlantico625,
         journal = {Personality and Individual Differences},
          volume = {184},
          author = {Pamela Parada-Fern{\'a}ndez and David Herrero-Fern{\'a}ndez and Richard Jorge and Patricia Comesa{\~n}a-Comesa{\~n}a},
           title = {Wearing mask hinders emotion recognition, but enhances perception of attractiveness},
           pages = {111195},
            year = {2022},
           month = {Enero},
             url = {http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/625/},
        abstract = {The current global pandemic situation due to the Covid-19 has implied several consequences at all psychological levels. One of the main differences with respect to the pre-pandemic life in most of countries around the world is the obligation to wear a mask for citizens. This new habit could have several issues for human relationships. The current research aimed to explore the effect of wearing a mask on both emotion recognition and perception of attractiveness. Two hundred and two participants completed a task consisting of 24 face images presented twice, with and without mask. Of them, there were six images for emotion: anger, sadness, fear, and happiness. The results showed that emotion recognition was worse when wearing a face mask except for surprise: happiness, {\ensuremath{\eta}}2 = 0.84; anger, {\ensuremath{\eta}}2 = 0.74; anger, {\ensuremath{\eta}}2 = 52. Moreover, wearing a mask enhanced the perception of attractiveness both in male and female in all emotions except for happiness: sadness, {\ensuremath{\eta}}2 = 0.22; surprise, {\ensuremath{\eta}}2 = 0.05, and anger, {\ensuremath{\eta}}2 = 0.03. Finally, social implications and limitations of the study are discussed.},
        keywords = {Covid-19; Mask; Emotion recognition; Attractiveness}
}