Individual differences in children's facial expression recognition ability: The role of nature and nurture.

We examined genetic and environmental influences on recognition of facial expressions in 250 pairs of 10-year-old monozygotic (83 pairs) and dizygotic (167 pairs) twins. Angry, fearful, sad, disgusted, and happy faces varying in intensity (15%-100%), head orientation, and eye gaze were presented in...

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Main Authors: Lau, J, Burt, M, Leibenluft, E, Pine, D, Rijsdijk, F, Shiffrin, N, Eley, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009