Artículo Materias > Psicología Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Artículos y libros Cerrado Inglés 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, η2 = 0.84; anger, η2 = 0.74; anger, η2 = 52. Moreover, wearing a mask enhanced the perception of attractiveness both in male and female in all emotions except for happiness: sadness, η2 = 0.22; surprise, η2 = 0.05, and anger, η2 = 0.03. Finally, social implications and limitations of the study are discussed. metadata Parada-Fernández, Pamela; Herrero-Fernández, David; Jorge, Richard y Comesaña-Comesaña, Patricia mail pamela.parada@uneatlantico.es, david.herrero@uneatlantico.es, richard.jorge@uneatlantico.es, SIN ESPECIFICAR (2022) Wearing mask hinders emotion recognition, but enhances perception of attractiveness. Personality and Individual Differences, 184. p. 111195. ISSN 01918869