Influence of child and adult faces with face masks on emotion perception and facial mimicry

Abstract Emotional mimicry, the imitation of others’ emotion expressions, is related to increased interpersonal closeness and better interaction quality. Yet, little research has focused on the effect of face masks on emotional mimicry and none on (masked) child faces. To address this gap, we conduc...

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Main Authors: Till Kastendieck, Nele Dippel, Julia Asbrand, Ursula Hess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40007-w