Leung J P, Singh N N
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong.
Behav Modif. 1998 Apr;22(2):205-16. doi: 10.1177/01454455980222008.
We compared the ability of Chinese adults with mental retardation and nonhandicapped Chinese children to recognize the six basic facial expressions of emotion. Each subject was told a story identifying an emotion, presented with an array of six photographs of basic facial expressions of emotion, and asked to point to the photograph that depicted the story's emotion. Results showed that the children were more accurate than the adults in recognizing facial expressions of emotion except happiness on which both groups achieved 100% accuracy. Surprise, fear, anger, and disgust were confused most often by both groups. Recognition proficiency was not significantly correlated with age in the children or with IQ in the adults. Our results partially replicated those reported in earlier studies with non-Chinese individuals with mental retardation and raised the possibility that there may be cultural influences on a person's ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion.
我们比较了中国成年智障者与正常中国儿童识别六种基本面部表情的能力。每个受试者都听了一个描述某种情绪的故事，然后看到一组六张基本面部表情的照片，并被要求指出描绘该故事中情绪的照片。结果显示，除了在识别快乐表情时两组准确率均达到100%外，儿童在识别面部表情方面比成年人更准确。两组最常混淆的表情是惊讶、恐惧、愤怒和厌恶。识别能力与儿童的年龄或成年人的智商均无显著相关性。我们的结果部分重复了早期对非中国智障者的研究报告，并提出了文化可能会影响一个人识别面部表情能力的可能性。
