TY  - JOUR
ID  - uneatlantico625
TI  - Wearing mask hinders emotion recognition, but enhances perception of attractiveness
AV  - none
A1  - Parada-Fernández, Pamela
A1  - Herrero-Fernández, David
A1  - Jorge, Richard
A1  - Comesaña-Comesaña, Patricia
KW  - Covid-19; Mask; Emotion recognition; Attractiveness
N2  - 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, ?2 = 0.84; anger, ?2 = 0.74; anger, ?2 = 52. Moreover, wearing a mask enhanced the perception of attractiveness both in male and female in all emotions except for happiness: sadness, ?2 = 0.22; surprise, ?2 = 0.05, and anger, ?2 = 0.03. Finally, social implications and limitations of the study are discussed.
JF  - Personality and Individual Differences
Y1  - 2022/01//
VL  - 184
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111195
SN  - 01918869
ER  -