A happy story: Developmental changes in children's sensitivity to facial expressions of varying intensities

被引：150

作者：

Gao, Xiaoqing ^{[1
]}

Maurer, Daphne ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] McMaster Univ, Dept Psychol Neurosci & Behav, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY | 2010年 / 107卷 / 02期

关键词：

Facial expression; Development; Intensity; Threshold; Misidentification; Morphing; CONFIGURAL INFORMATION; 7-MONTH-OLD INFANTS; LATE MATURATION; FEARFUL FACES; RECOGNITION; EMOTION; DISCRIMINATION; CHILDHOOD; CATEGORIZATION; ATTENTION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jecp.2010.05.003

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Using 20 levels of intensity, we measured children's thresholds to discriminate the six basic emotional expressions from neutral and their misidentification rates. Combined with the results of a previous study using the same method (Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102 (2009) 503-521), the results indicate that by 5 years of age, children are adult-like, or nearly adult-like, for happy expressions on all measures. Children's sensitivity to other expressions continues to improve between 5 and 10 years of age (e.g., surprise, disgust, fear) or even after 10 years of age (e.g., anger, sad). The results indicate that there is a slow development of sensitivity to the expression of all basic emotions except happy. This slow development may impact children's social and cognitive development by limiting their sensitivity to subtle expressions of disapproval or disappointment. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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页码：67 / 86

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