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The coupling between face and emotion recognition from early adolescence to young adulthood

David KurbelGünter MeinhardtBozana Meinhardt-injacBozana Meinhardt-injac

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Transition (fiction)Early adolescence05 social sciencesFace (sociological concept)Identity (social science)Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyFace matchingFacial recognition system050105 experimental psychologyDevelopmental psychologyDevelopmental and Educational Psychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesEmotion recognitionYoung adultPsychology050104 developmental & child psychology

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Abstract In the present study, we investigated whether differentiation occurs between identity and emotion processing as development in both domains proceeds across adolescence and during the transition into young adulthood. A sample of 343 participants between 11 and 24 years performed the Glasgow Face Matching Task ( Burton, White, & McNeill, 2010 ) for identity-based face recognition and the Cambridge Face-Battery ( Golan, Baron-Cohen, & Hill, 2006 ) for complex emotion recognition. Our results show adult levels of face recognition by the end of early adolescence, while complex emotion recognition continues to develop into young adulthood. Although each ability matures at different rate, processes are not independent at any age. Nevertheless, the relationship between face and emotion recognition changes during adolescence, being stronger in early adolescence than in later adolescence and young adulthood. Given that, our results provide support for differentiation of social-cognitive processes during adolescence.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-01-01Cognitive Development
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100851