scholarly journals Processing speed and fluid intelligence contribute towards decline in facial emotion recognition ability across the adult lifespan

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 570
Author(s):  
Jennifer Murphy ◽  
Hayley Geary ◽  
Edward Millgate ◽  
Caroline Catmur ◽  
Geoff Bird
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Adult Lifespan ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Emotion Recognition Ability

Impaired recognition of happy facial expressions in bipolar disorder

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linette Lawlor-Savage ◽  
Scott R. Sponheim ◽  
Vina M. Goghari
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Recognition Condition ◽  
Bipolar Patients

BackgroundThe ability to accurately judge facial expressions is important in social interactions. Individuals with bipolar disorder have been found to be impaired in emotion recognition; however, the specifics of the impairment are unclear. This study investigated whether facial emotion recognition difficulties in bipolar disorder reflect general cognitive, or emotion-specific, impairments. Impairment in the recognition of particular emotions and the role of processing speed in facial emotion recognition were also investigated.MethodsClinically stable bipolar patients (n = 17) and healthy controls (n = 50) judged five facial expressions in two presentation types, time-limited and self-paced. An age recognition condition was used as an experimental control.ResultsBipolar patients’ overall facial recognition ability was unimpaired. However, patients’ specific ability to judge happy expressions under time constraints was impaired.ConclusionsFindings suggest a deficit in happy emotion recognition impacted by processing speed. Given the limited sample size, further investigation with a larger patient sample is warranted.

scholarly journals No effect of age on emotion recognition after accounting for cognitive factors and depression

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 2690-2704
Author(s):  
Jennifer Murphy ◽  
Edward Millgate ◽  
Hayley Geary ◽  
Caroline Catmur ◽  
Geoffrey Bird
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Internal State ◽  
Affective Factors ◽  
Unique Variance ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Emotion Recognition Ability ◽  
Effect Of Age

A decline in emotion recognition ability across the lifespan has been well documented. However, whether age predicts emotion recognition difficulties after accounting for potentially confounding factors which covary with age remains unclear. Although previous research suggested that age-related decline in emotion recognition ability may be partly a consequence of cognitive (fluid intelligence, processing speed) and affective (e.g., depression) factors, recent theories highlight a potential role for alexithymia (difficulty identifying and describing one’s emotions) and interoception (perception of the body’s internal state). This study therefore aimed to examine the recognition of anger and disgust across the adult lifespan in a group of 140 20–90-year-olds to see whether an effect of age would remain after controlling for a number of cognitive and affective factors potentially impacted by age. In addition, using an identity recognition control task, the study aimed to determine whether the factors accounting for the effects of age on emotion discrimination also contribute towards generalised face processing difficulties. Results revealed that discrimination of disgust and anger across the lifespan was predicted by processing speed and fluid intelligence, and negatively by depression. No effect of age was found after these factors were accounted for. Importantly, these effects were specific to emotion discrimination; only crystallised intelligence accounted for unique variance in identity discrimination. Contrary to expectations, although interoception and alexithymia were correlated with emotion discrimination abilities, these factors did not explain unique variance after accounting for other variables.

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