Do the young and the old perceive emotional intervals differently when shown on a younger or older face?

Cognitive Processing - Tập 22 - Trang 691-699 - 2021
L. Micillo1, F. Stablum2, G. Mioni2
1Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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Many authors have analysed the effects of emotion recognition on time perception, showing that the more arousing the stimuli are the greater is the effect on duration perception. Visual stimuli, in particular faces, are the most recurrent stimuli employed in the literature. However, pictures in which emotional faces of older individuals have rarely been used, and when used, only young participants were tested. Hence, the present study is designed not only to analyse differences as regards duration perception in younger and older participants, but also to investigate the effects of neutral, happy, and angry facial expressions on younger and older participants when younger or older faces express those emotions. Results showed overestimation when emotional stimuli were presented. Interestingly, we observed temporal underestimation when the temporal intervals were marked by the image of younger participants and this was true in particular for older adults participants. Results are discussed in accordance with the internal clock model and in accordance with an inferential/reconstructive process occurring in memory and acting on temporal judgments.

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