Vetter Nora C, Drauschke Mandy, Thieme Juliane, Altgassen Mareike
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Department of Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2018 Jun 21;9:956. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00956. eCollection 2018.
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 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.
与青春期前或青春期后相比，基本面部情绪识别被认为会受到青春期开始的负面影响，表现为“青春期低谷”。然而，研究结果尚无定论。此外，研究指出存在同年龄偏差，即对同龄人面孔的情绪识别能力更强。我们探究了青少年识别特定情绪的能力。95名8至17岁的儿童和青少年判断青少年或成人面孔所展现的情绪是愤怒、悲伤、中性还是高兴。我们在控制年龄的同时根据青春期状态对参与者进行评估。结果表明不存在“青春期低谷”，但整个青春期的反应时间在减少。未发现同年龄偏差。综上所述，与青春期前和青春期后相比，基本面部情绪识别在青春期似乎并未受到干扰。
